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| Gadzhiev's friends are stunned by the harsh sentence |
| 2023-09-13 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] An acquittal for Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was unlikely, but given the lack of evidence of the charges, there was hope for a minimum sentence, so the court’s decision turned out to be unexpectedly harsh, said friends of the Dagestan journalist. In their opinion, an appeal against the verdict will not lead to acquittal or a significant reduction in the sentence. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on June 22, the prosecutor demanded that the journalist of the Chernovik newspaper Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, the head of the Ansar charitable foundation Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev be sentenced to 19 years in prison. The prosecution did not present convincing evidence in court, the defendants said in their final plea. Today the court sentenced Abdulmumin Gadzhiev to 17 years in prison, Abubakar Rizvanov to 18 years in prison, Kemal Tambiev to 17 years and 6 months in prison. Lawyers for the convicted said that the court's decision will be appealed . |
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