A solitary picket was held in the capital of Dagestan demanding the release of journalist of the Chernovik newspaper Abdulmumin Gadzhiev and the termination of the criminal case against him.

Earlier, the Military Court of Appeal began considering the appeal in the criminal case of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The court rejected all the lawyers' motions: to admit a public defender, to be able to fully familiarize themselves with the case materials, to postpone the hearing, to study individual evidence and to call defense witnesses.

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 the article on "participation in the activities of terrorist organizations" and "financing terrorism".

According to the investigation, the journalist published materials about the Ansar charity foundation without mentioning that part of the money collected was sent to the Islamic State, an organization banned in the Russian Federation. At the same time, examinations did not find any signs of justification of terrorism in Gadzhiev’s articles, and prosecution witnesses spoke in favor of the defendant.