Magomed Magomedov seeks compensation for disruption of picket and unlawful detention

Chernovik deputy editor-in-chief Magomed Magomedov is demanding compensation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for his illegal detention at a solitary picket in Makhachkala in January 2024. The court will hear his claim on August 1.

As Kavkazsky Uzel reported, on January 15, 2024, police detained and took Chernovik deputy editor-in-chief Magomed Magomedov to the police station, accusing him of violating the rules for holding a solitary picket. Magomed Magomedov attempted to hold a solitary 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 solitary action. The journalist was not allowed into the police station by his lawyer. The court found no evidence of wrongdoing in Magomedov's actions, and the journalist was released the same day .

The Sovetsky District Court accepted for consideration the claim of Magomed Magomedov against the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan and the police department of the Sovetsky District. In his claim, Magomedov demands compensation for moral damages for his detention in January 2024, the amount of compensation is 150 thousand rubles. The hearing on the lawsuit is scheduled for August 1, 2025, the Memorial Human Rights Center (listed by the Russian Ministry of Justice as a foreign agent) reported today.

In his lawsuit, the journalist refers to violations of Articles 19 and 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as Articles 29 and 31 of the Russian Constitution. He also pointed out that Resolution No. 5 of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of March 24, 2005 establishes the right of a citizen to demand compensation for damage caused by the illegal application of measures in an administrative case.

Magomedov is also seeking to bring to justice the police officers and the provocateur they used to disrupt his solo picket. He filed a statement demanding that their actions be investigated to the Investigative Committee. As the journalist notes, on the day of his arrest, while at the police station, he filed a similar statement with the duty unit, but nothing has been reported since then about the results of its consideration.

In his statement to the Investigative Committee, Magomed Magomedov asks to initiate a criminal case under the articles on obstructing a picket, abuse of power and official forgery, indicating that the provocateur Olkhovsky and the police officers acted in concert. In the police station, Olkhovsky moved freely, used a telephone and contacted the security forces, unlike Magomedov, whose telephone was immediately confiscated. The journalist also points out that Olkhovsky behaved aggressively, threatened him and tried to attack him.

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