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| Colleagues of Hajiyev speak about the attempts of the security forces to disrupt pickets | |
| 2022-12-20 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Police officers tried to cover the posters from passers-by and distracted the picketers, said Novoye Delo journalist Idris Yusupov. The attention of the security forces to the pickets in support of Gadzhiev is caused by the desire of the authorities to stop these actions, Magdi Kamalov, the founder of Chernovik, suggested. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that colleagues of the editor of the "Chernovik" newspaper Abdulmumin Gadzhiev consider his criminal case to be political persecution and regularly hold actions in the center of Makhachkala in support of him. Today, Dagestan journalists demanded that the criminal prosecution of Chernovik editor Abdulmumin Gadzhiev and historian Khadzhimurad Donoy be stopped. Gadzhiev's colleagues usually hold pickets in his support at the intersection of Dakhadaev Street and Gamzatov Avenue, not far from the buildings of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB. Magomed Magomedov, Magdi Kamalov and Idris Yusupov, deputy editor-in-chief of Chernovik, regularly take part in single-person pickets. Weekly pickets of Hajiyev's colleagues attract less and less attention of passers-by, this is due to the fact that the inhabitants of the republic are more forced to think about their own material and domestic difficulties, said Magdi Kamalov. A large number of law enforcers were present at the site of single pickets in Makhachkala today, in addition to journalists from regional media, relatives of Abdulmumin Hajiyev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported from the scene. The editorial board of "Chernovik" remains in its position and considers the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Hajiyev illegal, and the journalist himself innocent, Magdi Kamalov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent . The founder of "Chernovik" called the desire of law enforcement agencies and the leadership of the republic to stop weekly pickets in support of the journalist as a possible reason for today's heightened attention from law enforcement officials. "The security forces, at the suggestion of the regional authorities, will use legal and not quite legal methods to stop the weekly picket in support of our colleague Abdulmumin Hajiyev and other single actions," Kamalov suggested. The initiator of a single picket in support of the Dagestan historian Khadzhimurad Donogo, a specialist in the period of the "Caucasian War," journalist Idris Yusupov said that the security forces were trying to disrupt today's single pickets. "The police officers actually prevented the holding of single pickets. Standing right in front of the posters, they blocked them. They also distracted them from holding pickets. They very insistently demanded that they go with them to the police department to draw up explanations," he told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Among the possible reasons for the attention of the security forces to the action, Yusupov called the support of Khadzhimurad Donogo. Hadji-Murad Donogo is a Caucasian scholar, doctor of historical sciences, former deputy director of the National Museum of Dagestan, professor, author of many dozens of books and monographs, including about the Caucasian War and Imam Shamil. On December 2, Donogo stated that on November 30, the security forces searched his house and seized books, flash drives, a telephone and a computer with valuable historical materials. After the search, the security forces were interested in his participation in scientific conferences in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey and asked questions about his contacts there, Donogo told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on December 3. The search could have been carried out by the security forces after the denunciation because of his publications, the scientist suggested. Yusupov said that in addition to two police officers and a district police officer, four police officers in civilian clothes approached him. "After the end of the single pickets, instead of taking explanations and releasing people, they very persistently tried to deliver everyone to the department (the police - note of the "Caucasian Knot"), under various pretexts," Yusupov said. However, after a long conversation with law enforcement officers, everyone dispersed, taking written explanations from Anna Bokler on the spot. The security forces took written explanations from Kamalov and Yusupov during solitary actions, the journalist added. The initiator of the third solo picket, journalist Anna Bokler, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in 2021 she also went to a similar action with the same demands. According to her, the demand for "Freedom of Journalism" concerns both individual journalists and the journalistic profession as a whole. The activist mentioned that the holding by Hajiyev's colleagues of single actions in support of him for three years is an important and rare event. However, the persecution of Abdulmumin Hajiyev and the developments around his criminal case do not often go beyond the regional news agenda, she said. Bockler stressed that the demand for "freedom of journalism" against the backdrop of the "collapsing" profession of a journalist is of particular relevance. Passers-by and car drivers expressed their support for the initiators of the single actions, despite the fact that the security forces who came to the place where the single pickets were held tried to cover up the posters, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported. Recall that Abdulmumin Hajiyev, as well as the head of the Ansar charity fund Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, were accused of financing terrorism. Investigators believe that they collected 68 million rubles and 200 thousand dollars for the terrorists under the pretext of building mosques and helping poor Muslims. The investigation connects the defendants with Israil Akhmednabiev, a Dagestan preacher and founder of the Mukhadzhirun Islamic Foundation,
Details of Gadzhiev's case can be found in the material of the "Caucasian Knot" "Golunov number two:" the main thing about the case of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev." On December 8, the court finished interrogating the defendants  and agreed to add to the materials the testimony of Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, in which he refuted the version of the investigation about the involvement of Abubakar Rizvanov in the financing of terrorism. Previously: Journalists supported Gadzhiev and Donogo with pickets [KavkazUzel] Solitary pickets in the center of Makhachkala were held today by Dagestan journalists, demanding that the criminal prosecution of Chernovik editor Abdulmumin Gadzhiev and historian Khadzhimurad Donoy be stopped. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that colleagues of the editor of the "Chernovik" newspaper Abdulmumin Gadzhiev consider his criminal case to be political persecution and regularly hold actions in the center of Makhachkala in support of him. So, on December 12, such pickets were held by the founder of "Chernovik" Magdy Kamalov and the journalist of "New Case" Idris Yusupov , they demanded to stop the criminal prosecution of Hajiyev. Gadzhiev's colleagues usually hold pickets in his support at the intersection of Dakhadaev Street and Gamzatov Avenue, not far from the buildings of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB. Magomed Magomedov, Magdi Kamalov and Idris Yusupov, deputy editor-in-chief of Chernovik, regularly take part in single-person pickets. Weekly pickets of Hajiyev's colleagues attract less and less attention of passers-by, this is due to the fact that the inhabitants of the republic are more forced to think about their own material and domestic difficulties, said Magdi Kamalov. The founder of "Chernovik" Magdi Kamalov held a single picket today at the intersection of Dakhadaev Street and Gamzatov Avenue. He demanded to release Abdulmumin Hajiyev and stop his criminal prosecution, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who was present at the place of the action, reported. The second single picket was held by Idris Yusupov. He spoke in support of Khadzhimurad Donoi, calling for an end to the persecution of the historian. Another one-man picket demanding "freedom of journalism" was held by a Moscow activist. All three pickets were held under the supervision of security forces. They approached each of the picketers to verify their identities and also demanded written explanations. Later, other law enforcement officers in uniform and civilian clothes approached the place where the pickets were being held and talked to each of the picketers. Recall that Abdulmumin Hajiyev, as well as the head of the Ansar charity fund Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, were accused of financing terrorism. Investigators believe that they collected 68 million rubles and 200,000 dollars for the terrorists under the pretext of building mosques and helping poor Muslims. The investigation connects the defendants with Israil Akhmednabiev, a Dagestan preacher and founder of the Mukhadzhirun Islamic Foundation, known as Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, who has been put on the wanted list in a terrorism case. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Details of Gadzhiev's case can be found in the material of the "Caucasian Knot" "Golunov number two": the main thing about the case of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev". On December 8, the court finished interrogating the defendants and agreed to add to the materials the testimony of Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, in which he refuted the version of the investigation about the involvement of Abubakar Rizvanov in the financing of terrorism. Related: Mukhadzhirun Islamic Foundation: 2022-12-12 The defense persuaded the court to add to the case the testimony of Abu Umar Sasitlinsky about Rizvanov Mukhadzhirun Islamic Foundation: 2022-09-09 Two witnesses in the Gadzhiev case withdrew their testimony Mukhadzhirun Islamic Foundation: 2022-07-09 Arrest of Abdulmumin Hajiyev extended for three months | |
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