Individual pickets were held in Makhachkala demanding that the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, a journalist with the Chernovik newspaper, be stopped and that journalism be free.
Magomed Magomedov, deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik newspaper, held a picket demanding an end to the criminal prosecution of Hajiyev, who is accused of financing terrorism. Journalist Idris Yusupov picketed against censorship in the media with a poster “Freedom to Journalism”. Gadzhiev’s close relatives came to support the action. Individual pickets initiated by the editors of “Chernovik” in support of journalist Gadzhiev have been held in Makhachkala every Monday for more than three years.
The journalist was detained on June 14, 2019. According to investigators, he is associated with the preacher Abu-Umar Sasitlinsky, who is wanted in the case of financing terrorism. Together with Gadzhiev, the programmer Kemal Tambiev and the head of the Ansar charity fund Abubakar Rizvanov are in the dock.
Independent experts did not find signs of approval of terrorism and extremism in Hajiyev’s articles, it turned out at the last court hearing in Gadzhiyev’s case. This is the third examination of the journalist’s publications. The Human Rights Center “Memorial” declared Gadzhiev a political prisoner, and the international human rights organization Amnesty International recognized him as a prisoner of conscience. The release of Gadzhiev is also demanded by Reporters Without Borders and the International Committee to Protect Journalists.
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