Five more participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport were given long terms

A court in Stavropol sentenced five more participants in the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport to imprisonment for terms ranging from 8 years to 8 years and one month. Kamil Khalatov, Dzhavad Abdullaev, Nazim Mirzakhanov, Mukhammad Dzhamalov, Ramis Khanaliev were found guilty of mass riots, armed resistance and the use of violence against government officials.

According to investigators, in 2023, the defendants participated in anti-Semitic riots in Makhachkala. We are talking about the action at the Uytash airport, which took place after the arrival of a plane from Israel. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan reported that 1.5 thousand people took part in it, criminal cases were opened against 142. More than 80 people received real terms in the "airport case".

Earlier, human rights activists pointed out the bias of the trial: among the accused there could have been those who did not participate in the storming of the airport. Relatives of many of the defendants said that they considered the sentences too harsh and unfair. 11 prosecution witnesses were unable to identify the defendants accused of the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport after the arrival of a flight from Israel.

Recall that on October 29, 2023, hundreds of people broke into the Makhachkala airport, trying to find passengers of a transit flight from Tel Aviv. Those gathered spoke out against Israel's actions in Palestine.

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