20:30, 10 September 2015

Court extends arrest of Astrakhan student accused of sponsoring IS

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow has extended until November 15 the custody of Saida Khalikova, a student from Astrakhan, accused of sponsoring the "Islamic State" (IS).

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in January rights defenders were addressed by Raziyat Isabekova, a resident of the village of Novokayakent of the Kayakent District of Dagestan, who asked to help to search for her daughter Saida Khalikova, who was detained in December 2014 on suspicion of financing militants. On June 5, the student's advocate said that his client had transferred money to some charity fund. Nevertheless, she was charged with financing the IS.

Sabir Agaev, and advocate of Saida Khalikova, said that his client is accused of promoting terrorist activities, which threatens her with imprisonment of 5-10 years.

According to his story, the health condition of Khalikova, who suffers from anaemia and is kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison), is getting worse every day; however, in spite of this, the court refused to change her freedom restriction measure for a softer one, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.