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The court has placed Giorgi Ichukaidze, accused of taking a Georgian border guard hostage on the border with Azerbaijan, behind bars. The man explained that he was not going to attack the border guard, but only wanted to drive Azerbaijani law enforcers away from the David Gareja Monastery Complex.

Akhmed Barakhoev is charged with creating an extremist community, while investigators have accused Barakh Chemurziev and Ismail Nalgiev of taking part in this community. Human rights defenders urge to stop criminally prosecuting them.

Sevgiya Ismailova, an eighteen-year-old Russian citizen, has escaped from her relatives in Azerbaijan, who held her by force; now, she is under the care of local activists. The girl’s mother denies violence against her.

Nine out of twenty activists found guilty of taking part in non-sanctioned protest actions held in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, are pensioners, who stated that they are unable to pay the awarded fines.

Armenian contract soldier Arthur Mezhlumyan was wounded at a combat post and was hospitalized in sever condition.

At a court hearing in Zheleznovodsk, Ingush activist Rezvan Ozdoev pleaded not guilty to assaulting a fighter of the National Guard of Russia during a rally in March 2019. The defence demanded to question a victim whose name was not disclosed.

Law enforcers forced residents of the Kurchaloi District, punished for driving in a state of alcoholic intoxication, to clean the mosque territory. One of the chiefs of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) called such violators "terrorists" and promised to seize their cars.

OSCE mission members reported on the calm situation in the Karabakh conflict zone amid a statement about machine gun attacks claimed by Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani side has failed to fulfil the obligation to conduct monitoring, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

Instagram users argued about the reasons for the Ramzan Kadyrov's decision to appoint a successor amid the absence of the timely official explanations.

On January 15, in the capital of Azerbaijan, a protest rally was held in front of the Supreme Court (SC) building. In the course of the rally, relatives of the defendants in the "Ganja case" demanded the release of the arrested persons and blocked a road. The police pushed the protesters back.

Under the murder case of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush “E Centre”, law enforcers detained two residents of the republic, sources have reported.

Azerbaijani authorities must lift the ban on foreign travels of investigative journalist, Khadija Ismayilova, who has been awarded several international rewards. Three British human rights organizations made such an appeal on January 15.

In Germany, law enforcers blew up the door to the apartment where migrants from Chechnya live, and didn’t allow a mother to be with her small kids during the search, although there were no claims to the detainees, human rights defenders have reported.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the interests of fourteen Chechen residents convicted to long sentences for terrorism. Rights defenders assert that law enforcers had forced the convicts to confess by torture and threats.

The court took into account the findings of the medical board on the state of health of Manvel Grigoryan, a former MP, and set him free under recognizance not to leave.

Ramzan Kadyrov has appointed Muslim Khuchiev, the chairman of the Chechen Government, to be the acting head of the republic for the period of his disability.

Recent public apologies prove the desire of the law enforcement bodies to stop even the most general criticism, residents of Chechnya told the "Caucasian Knot".

The Elista City Court imposed a fine of 5000 roubles on activist Semyon Ateev, who sought holding a rally against Dmitry Trapeznikov. The rally was not sanctioned by the authorities and did not take place, but Semyon Ateev should have notified the authorities concerning changing his mind about holding the event, the court decided. The activist says he intends to appeal against the court's decision.

Natives of Chechnya could not prepare a terror act in the country which granted asylum to them, and the German law enforcement authorities did not provide any objective reasons for their detention, note commentators on Instagram. Germany is a rule-of-law state, and fabrication of criminal cases by the law enforcement authorities is excluded there, other social network users argue.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia were shelled 21 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.