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Dagestani resident Magomedova Khadijina detained after participating in march, local site reports

Local media in Dagestan report that resident Magomedova Khadijina was detained after taking part in a march. She says she was held for roughly 18 hours, had her phone blocked and was visited by police patrols at her home; officials quoted by state-linked RIA Novosti are cited and the report references earlier legal changes affecting related criminal articles.

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Dagestani resident Magomedova Khadijina detained after participating in march, local site reports
A local Dagestani news site reported that resident Magomedova Khadijina was detained in connection with a march held in the region. The account, published by Marsho Radio, says Magomedova was taken into custody after participating in the event and that she spent about 18 hours under restriction before being released.

According to the report, Magomedova described the experience on her Instagram account, asking why she had been targeted and how she was being treated. In her post she wrote: "Со йийна хила йезаш йара-те, иза чу воллийта? Муха мегар дара иза дIахеца? Ши шо а ма ду и стаг суна тIаьхьаваьлла лела". The article presents this quote as Magomedova's public response to the detention.

The local report says that while in custody Magomedova's phone was blocked and communications were cut off, and that police patrols visited her home during the period of detention. It states she was held for approximately 18 hours, and that officers repeatedly engaged with her and with people connected to the incident while she remained restricted.

Marsho Radio also cites comments attributed to a Dagestani committee named in the report — identified in the original text as "Дагестанера Талламан комитетан" — and says that officials were quoted by state-linked news agency RIA Novosti. The article does not reproduce a full English-language statement from those officials, but indicates that the committee and officials provided an account of the circumstances to the agency.

The local piece includes additional procedural detail, saying that law-enforcement patrols and police representatives visited Magomedova’s residence, and that officials handled the case in line with the measures they described. The report also names an official, Nikulshin Igor (Никульшин Игорь), in connection with related comments or institutional oversight, though it does not provide a direct quotation attributed to him in English.

In context, the item recalls past legal and policy developments that the report says bear on cases of this type. It refers to a 2010 project that, the article states, in some way involved 40 entities or measures (the original text references "2010-чу шарера ... 40-зза"), and it also notes a 2017 change described as a decriminalization: "2017-чу шарахь доьзалехь гIело латтора декриминализаци йира: Бехкзуламан кодексан артиклан гурашкара дIадаьккхира гергарчу нахана йеттар а, ницкъ бар а аьлла дакъа." The article presents these points as background to how relevant criminal-code articles have evolved, but it does not elaborate in detail on how those changes apply to Magomedova’s case.

The report was published on Marsho Radio’s website and carried the outlet’s standard notice and RFE/RL copyright attribution. It cites RIA Novosti as a source for official comments and frames Magomedova’s Instagram post as her first public statement after the incident. The piece raises questions about the use of police powers in response to public demonstrations in Dagestan and highlights how communications and short-term detentions are being reported by local media in the republic.

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