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[KavkazUzel] The security forces did not interfere with the picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev,
| …also spelt Abdulmumin Hajiyev, he’s the editor of the Chernovik newspaper. Along with Abubakar Rizvanov, head of the Ansar charity fund and Kemal Tambiev he was convicted of financing terrorism — collecting 68 million rubles and 200 thousand dollars for ISIS under the pretext of building mosques and helping poor Muslims. Israil Akhmednabiev (Abu Umar Sasitlinsky), a Dagestan preacher and founder of the Mukhadzhirun Islamic Foundation, had suggested they join forces for the work... |
they only copied personal data, said the deputy editor-in-chief of Chernovik. Gadzhiev and Kemal Tambiev continue preparing for the consideration of the appeal and are familiarizing themselves with the case materials; the date of the hearing has not yet been set, their relatives and lawyer said.
As the "Caucasian Knot wrote, Abdulmumin Gadzhiev's colleagues consider his criminal case to be political persecution and regularly hold single pickets in his support. On April 1, such a single action was held at the traditional place - the intersection of Dakhadayev Street and Gamzatov Avenue - by the deputy chief editor of Chernovik, Magomed Magomedov. The next single picket took place not as usual on Monday, but today, Chernovik warned in advance about the postponement of the action.
Pickets in defense of Gadzhiev have been held regularly since June 2019, when Gadzhiev was detained. They were disrupted only because of provocations and arrests of picketers. The picketers were taken to the police, but they still continued the campaign in support of Gadzhiev. According to colleagues, Gadzhiev is suffering because the newspaper voiced “inconvenient questions” to the authorities and security forces, according to the Caucasian Knot report “ Draft”: threats, criminal cases, murder of the editor-in-chief.”
Today in Makhachkala a picket in support of journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev took place again. This time it did not take place on Monday. Magomed Magomedov, deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication, went on a solo picket.
“The picket passed calmly. Without incidents. People also support. Those driving in cars express their support with signals. A police officer approached twice and then a local police officer, who again recorded the data,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Abdulmumin Gadzhiev's wife Dana Sakieva told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband was getting acquainted with the case materials and minutes of the meeting. “We have problems with the security forces. We receive letters from Abdulmumin,” she said.
Kemal Tambiev's wife Laura also said that her husband continues to get acquainted with the case materials and court records, but the date of the appeal hearing is still unknown. “Kemal is also now in the Novocherkassk pre-trial detention center for the duration of the appeal. Letters come regularly. The store is open in the pre-trial detention center, you can transfer money, and they order,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
According to Laura, the family did not have any problems with the security forces. “Everything is fine. No one calls, writes, or searches,” she said.
Lawyer Arsen Shabanov said that there is still no progress on the appeal. “The date for the appeal meeting has not yet been set. Appeals have been filed in full. But there is no consideration yet. They are probably waiting until they get acquainted with the minutes of the meeting,” he said.
Let us recall that the editor of the Chernovik newspaper, Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, as well as the head of the Ansar charitable foundation, Abubakar Rizvanov, and businessman Kemal Tambiev were arrested in June 2019 on charges of financing terrorism. On September 12, 2023, the court sentenced Gadzhiev to 17 years in prison, Rizvanov to 18 years, and Kemal Tambiev to 17.5 years. The prosecution did not present convincing evidence in court, the defendants said in their final plea.
Gadzhiev is in a pre-trial detention center in Novocherkassk. An appeal against the verdict was filed back in September 2023, but a hearing has not yet been scheduled, although according to the law, two months are allotted for this, Gadzhiev’s lawyer told the Caucasian Knot on March 5.
In January 2024, weekly pickets of colleagues in support of Hajiyev were disrupted three times. Thus, on January 29, “New Business” journalist Idris Yusupov * went out on a solo picket in support of Gadzhiev, but the security forces interfered with the action until it had to be completed due to the fact that another man unfurled a similar poster next to Yusupov*.
A week earlier, on January 22, an unknown man with a piece of paper in his hands also tried to stand next to Yusupov, who was holding a picket in support of Gadzhiev. After this, the journalist was forced to curtail the action.
On January 15, Magomed Magomedov tried to hold a single picket in support of Gadzhiev. Another picketer joined him, and the security forces detained the journalist, accusing him of violating the rules for holding a single protest. However, the court found no signs of wrongdoing in his actions, and Magomedov was released. He considered the disruption of the picket a planned provocation by the security forces.
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