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| Lawyer defending Islamists herself became a defendant in a terrorism case |
| 2024-01-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Aza Aliyeva, a lawyer, became a defendant in a criminal case for justifying terrorism. An investigation has been launched against her, a source told IA Regnum. The reason was that Aliyeva published a video on social networks with a militant and participant in the Chechen war Ruslan Gelayev (included in the list of terrorists and extremists). The Investigative Committee confirmed that the investigation against the lawyer began on January 2. The criminal case is still against an unidentified person under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for terrorist activities) was initiated two days later. As part of the investigation, Aliyeva was interrogated. She assured that she reposted the video with the terrorist, allegedly not knowing who was in the video. According to the lawyer, her goal was to show the “Chechen tragedy” and not to justify terrorism. At the same time, psycholinguistic examination confirmed that the video contains a direct justification of terrorist activities and propaganda of extremism. Additional studies have been ordered. Investigators intend to give a legal assessment of Aliyeva’s actions and identify others involved in the dissemination of extremist content. In an interview with the foreign agent publication Kavkaz-Realii, Aliyeva herself stated that she could be arrested if a linguistic examination nevertheless sees terrorism propaganda in her actions. The case was initiated, according to the woman, after numerous complaints to the Investigative Committee about her publication. Aliyeva considered the appeals of indignant citizens to be “personal hostility” and exaggeration. Aza Aliyeva positions herself as a human rights activist, but on the Internet and in the media she is more often called a Russophobe and a defender of extremists. In particular, she represented the interests of Magomed Atimagomedov, suspected of murdering a FSIN employee and attempting to escape from a colony due to the fact that he was “prevented from performing prayers.” After this, the prisoner complained about torture. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 ^ She of the hunchback and hairy facial mole |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-01-26 09:12 |
| #2 Lest we forget: "Lynne Irene Stewart (October 8, 1939 – March 7, 2017) was an American defense attorney who was known for representing controversial, famous defendants. She herself was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists in 2005, and sentenced to 28 months in prison. |
| Posted by: Huputle Cherelet4131 2024-01-26 07:57 |
| #1 There are things we all can learn from Russia. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-26 01:14 |