A picket for the release of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was held in Makhachkala

Today in Makhachkala another picket took place in support of political prisoner-journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The action was attended by the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication Magomed Magomedov and his colleagues.

In December 2023, lawyers of the Memorial Center sent an appeal to the UN regarding the case of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The message states that he is being persecuted for his professional activities and religious views.

Let us recall that in September 2023, the Rostov District Military Court found Abdulmumin Gadzhiev guilty and sentenced him to 17 years in prison. The editor of the “Religion” section of the Chernovik publication was tried under articles on “participation in the activities of terrorist organizations” and “financing terrorism.”

According to investigators, the journalist published materials about the Ansar charity foundation and did not mention that part of the money collected was sent to the Islamic State, an organization banned in the Russian Federation. The examinations did not find any signs of justifying terrorism in Hajiyev’s articles, and prosecution witnesses spoke in favor of the defendants.

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