Political prisoner-journalist from Dagestan Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was sentenced to 17 years

Today, the Rostov District Military Court found journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev guilty and sentenced him to 17 years in prison. The other defendants, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, received 17.5 and 18 years in prison, respectively.

The editor of the “Religion” section of the Dagestan newspaper “Chernovik” Abdulmumin Gadzhiev and the other defendants in the case were tried under articles of “participation in the activities of terrorist organizations” and “financing terrorism.” According to investigators, the journalist published articles about the Ansar charity foundation and did not mention that part of the money collected was sent to the Islamic State (banned in the Russian Federation). The examinations found no signs of justifying terrorism in Hajiyev’s articles, and prosecution witnesses spoke in favor of the defendants.

Earlier, the Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Abdulmumin Gadzhiev as a political prisoner. Human rights activists have repeatedly stated that the criminal case was falsified.

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