01 December 2021, 04:45
For 900 days of Gadjiev's arrest no proofs of his guilt presented
At the trial of the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, half of the prosecution witnesses have been questioned, but none of them has confirmed his guilt, said Arsen Shabanov, an advocate. The criminal case has been sent to the court also without proofs, Mairbek Agaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, said at the press conference timed to 900 days of Gadjiev's arrest.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" portal, and Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" charity fund, and Kemal Tambiev were detained and accused of financing terrorism. Gadjiev insists on his innocence, while his colleagues treat the criminal against him as a tool of putting pressure on the journalist.
According to Arsen Shabanov, an advocate, the prosecution failed to conduct a linguistic and psychological examination of any of Gadjiev's articles.
Shabanov has noted that the resolution on opening a criminal case stated that Gadjiev, acting together with other persons, had organized financing of terrorism. However, the method of committing the crime was not specified. Then, investigators claimed that by publishing his articles, Gadjiev was allegedly preparing his readers for terrorist activities.
Arsen Shabanov has added that there were no such cases in his and his colleagues' legal practice. "Here we see an exotic accusation that a person has committed a terrorist crime through his journalistic activities," he has summed up.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 30, 2021 at 11:20 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Source: CK correspondent
