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| Court closed the hearing in the case of journalist Magomedov to the press |
| 2024-01-16 |
| Direst Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The district court in Makhachkala prohibited journalists from attending the hearing in the case of the deputy chief editor of Chernovik, Magomed Magomedov, accused of violating the rules for holding a single picket. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, police today detained and took the deputy chief editor of "Chernovik" Magomed Magomedov to the regional department, accusing him of violating the rules for holding a single picket. The lawyer was not allowed to meet with Magomedov at the regional police department, reported New Business journalist Idris Yusupov *. Magomed Magomedov tried to hold a single picket in Makhachkala in support of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, but another picketer joined him, and the security forces declared a violation of the rules for a single rally. The court hearing in Magomedov's case began at about 19.00 Moscow time in the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala, journalist Idris Yusupov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to him, Magomedov is defended by lawyer Arsen Shabanov, and Yusupov himself acts as a public defender. At the same time, the court refused to allow journalists who were waiting outside the court building to attend the hearing, he said. Magomedov is charged under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (Violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picketing). As of 19.35 Moscow time, the meeting continued, Yusupov said. Let us remind you that Abdulmumin Gadzhiev’s colleagues consider his criminal case to be political persecution and regularly hold single pickets in his support in the center of Makhachkala. On January 8, as a week earlier, such a picket was held by Magomed Magomedov. The editor of the Chernovik newspaper, Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, as well as the head of the Ansar charitable foundation, Abubakar Rizvanov, and businessman Kemal Tambiev, were arrested in June 2019 on charges of financing terrorism. On September 12, 2023, the court sentenced Gadzhiev to 17 years in prison, Rizvanov to 18 years, and Kemal Tambiev to 17.5 years. The prosecution did not present convincing evidence in court, the defendants said in their final plea. Details of the case are collected in the Caucasian Knot material “Golunov number two”: the main thing about the case of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev.” Related: Magomed Magomedov: 2024-01-04 10 were brought to justice for calls for protests in Dagestan Magomed Magomedov: 2023-12-26 Riot participant at Makhachkala airport charged with attempted murder of a security officer Magomed Magomedov: 2023-08-22 Colleagues of Hajiyev assessed the chances of his acquittal |
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