Tumso calls on debaters over Dagestani border to support Gadjiev

Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov has suggested residents of Dagestan to switch their attention over from road signs near Kizlyar to the detention of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor with the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly. A public resonance outcry will contribute to a fair resolution of Gadjiev's case, the blogger has explained.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 14, law enforcers detained Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly. Apart from him, two more persons were detained within the case of financing terrorism – Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" charity fund, and Kemal Tambiev.

On June 16, a video entitled "Dagestanis, give Kizlyar away!!!" appeared on the Tumso's YouTube channel. At the very beginning of his video, the blogger made it clear that his "loud and scandalous" title was intended to attract the attention of the video hosting audience and tell them about the detention of the Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

"[The persecution of Gadjiev] is taking place now, in our eyes, while we are busy with the issue of that unfortunate Kizlyar signpost. But this persecution needs more of your immediate reaction," Tumso Abdurakhmanov has addressed the audience.

The blogger has emphasized the importance of public resonance to the journalist's detention. "The authorities should be forced to reconsider their decision ... Abdulmumin Gadjiev and other detainees within this case should be released just as Ivan Golunov was released (a 'Meduza' correspondent, who, after numerous actions in support of him, was released of drug possession charges, – note of the 'Caucasian Knot')," said Abdurakhmanov.

"In any case, we've no right to deal with the sign installed in Kizlyar, when the fates of these young people are ruined before our eyes," Tumso Abdurakhmanov has stated.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 17, 2019 at 01:47 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.