08:26, 22 December 2020

Colleagues and friends support Gadjiev ahead of trial

Solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot

On December 21, eight people went out to solo pickets in Makhachkala demanding to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Daft) newspaper accused of financing terrorism.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues and friends are holding weekly protests in Makhachkala demanding his release.

Abdulmumin Gadjiev is under arrest since June 2019 under the case of financing terrorism. Investigators assert that he had raised money, with his accomplices, for terrorists under the pretext of building mosques and helping poor Muslims – overall, 68 million roubles and USD 200,000. His colleagues treat his prosecution as pressure on the "Chernovik".

On December 21, colleagues and friends of Abdulmumin Gadjiev again came out to rally in his support. A series of solo pickets was held near the complex of buildings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the FSB Branch for Dagestan. Eight people took part in the action.

Idris Yusupov, a journalist, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that colleagues and friends of Abdulmumin Gadjiev do not plan to stop their weekly solo pickets in his support. Yusupov did not rule out holding similar single pickets in Rostov-on-Don, where the trial of Abdulmumin Gadjiev is scheduled for December 23.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 21, 2020 at 07:45 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Ilyas Kapiev

Source: CK correspondent