Political prisoner from Dagestan transferred to a penal colony

Recognized political prisoner Dagestan resident Ulkyar Gashimova was transferred to IK-3 in the Kostroma region. Previously, she was in SIZO-1 in Rostov-on-Don.

In 2024, Ulkyar Gashimova was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for comments in a Telegram channel against the Russian authorities and in support of Ukraine. She was accused of publicly calling for terrorist and extremist activities. The independent human rights project "Memorial" recognized the girl as a political prisoner.

Initially, in May 2023, a court in Moscow arrested Gashimova for 15 days under the article on disobeying a demand of a government official when crossing the state border. She was trying to fly abroad from Sheremetyevo Airport to Belgrade in order to request political asylum in the Netherlands during a transfer. After her arrest, she was flown to Dagestan. Gashimova was accused of posting several comments in Telegram chats. At the end of December 2022, she, according to investigators, wrote the phrases "military registration and enlistment offices need to be blown up" and "the same applies to the police prosecutor's office administration" in the Belgorod-Apodonnya channel. The investigation classified these posts as public calls for terrorism.

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