Witnesses did not confirm the guilt of the participants in the "airport case"

11 prosecution witnesses could not identify the defendants accused of the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport after the arrival of the flight from Israel.

Zarifa Urdukhanova, lawyer of one of the
of the accused - Bashira Magomedova - said that he went to the airport on October 29, 2023, not knowing that a plane would arrive from Tel Aviv. He only heard that there was a peaceful rally in support of Palestine with a protest against Netanyahu's policies.

Earlier, more than 90 people were found guilty of participation in mass riots and failure to comply with transport safety requirements. According to the investigation, the accused participated in the pogrom at the Uytash airport in Makhachkala after the arrival of the plane from Israel. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan reported that 1,500 people participated in the action, criminal cases were opened against 142.

Human rights activists pointed to the bias of the trial: among the accused there could be those who did not participate in the storming of the airport. Relatives of many defendants stated that they consider the sentences too strict and unfair.

As a reminder, on October 29, 2023, hundreds of people broke into the Makhachkala airport, trying to find passengers of a transit flight from Tel Aviv. Those gathered opposed Israel's actions in Palestine.

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