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It was decided to restore seven dwelling settlements in the Galanchozh District of Chechnya that is bordering on Ingushetia, the Chechen authorities have reported. The future resettlers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" expect that authorities will help them with employment.

The Ingush elder, Akhmed Barakhoev, who is on a hunger strike in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Nalchik, has demanded a meeting with the presidential adviser on civil society development and human rights, his advocate, Fatima Urusova, has stated.

The Sukhumi International Film Festival SIFF-2019 has aroused great interest among spectators. Residents of the city said that the film forum is an opportunity not only to have a good time, but also to get enriched culturally.

In Grozny, law enforcers tortured artists of the theatre and the "Nokhcho" Chechen folklore ensemble, having suspected them of drug dealing. One of the victims, Timur Debishev, is seeking for criminal prosecution of law enforcers, the "Mediazona" reports.

The defence of Bairam Mamedov, the arrested activist of the "Nida" movement, has asked law enforcement bodies to investigate his allegations of torture. The human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has expressed its protest against Mamedov's arrest.

The attempt to disperse the rally in Magas was unjustified; and persecutions of Ingush activists will aggravate the conflict of republic's residents with the authorities, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated. Any resistance to law enforcers during protests leads to the initiation of criminal cases, said the lawyers.

The next round of Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia ended without result, since the Russian and Georgian delegations exchanged reproaches and put forward mutually unacceptable conditions.

Anar Djabbarov, extradited to Azerbaijan from Turkey on March 22, is accused of drug trafficking. An advocate reported violation of the activist's rights.

After the protests in Ingushetia, law enforcers visited owners of weapons, whose weapon permits had expired, reported human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov and Malsag Uzhakhov, the head of the Council of Teips of the Ingush People. An expired weapon permit is not a reason for detention of a person if the weapon is kept at home, lawyers note.

Arrested Ingush activists do not complain about the detention conditions in Nalchik, reported members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Kabardino-Balkaria who visited them today. Advocates of the protest leaders complained about the violation of their clients' rights during searches and at trial.

A message on the unacceptability of the unilateral determination of the border with Chechnya was not an official statement of the parliament and was published only for the media, reports the press service for the National Assembly of Dagestan.

In Baku, a court dismissed an appeal filed by Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was arrested under the article on disobedience to the police. The activist associated the criminal proceedings against him with his video appeal to President Ilham Aliev.

In Magas, a court imposed a fine of 20,000 roubles on Musa Meiriev, the deputy chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Ingushetia, for participating in an unsanctioned action.

In his video message, Akhmed Barakhoev, a co-chairman of the Ingush Council of Teips, who was arrested for 10 days, asked the youth to refrain from illegal actions.

Chechen authorities have announced a tender for servicing the territory around Ramzan Kadyrov's residence. A total of 34.88 million roubles have been allocated for this from the republic's budget.

The re-arrest of Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the "Nida" movement, is an example of the government's intolerance of criticism, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated. The Mamedov's arrest discredits the proclaimed the Azerbaijani authorities' course to reforms, Bashir Suleimanly, the head of the Institute of Civil Initiatives, believes.

Residents of the Khosi-Yurt village are dismantling their houses located at the family estate of Ramzan Kadyrov, since the authorities decided to expand the park in the village centre. In two weeks, people should take out all their necessary things; then, the houses will be demolished, residents of Chechnya have reported.

Giyas Ibragimov, an activist of the "Nida" movement, was summoned to the Baku police after placing a post on the Facebook in support of the arrested activist Bairam Mamedov. Law enforcers talked to him and let him go, advising him to avoid such publications, the activist said.

Activists of three NGOs from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Armenia have marked the anniversary of the April 2016 war with a motor rally. They called on the authorities to establish the Day of the Defender of Combat Positions on April 2 in memory of the perished warriors.

After detention of protesters in Ingushetia, an activist, Batyr Bogatyryov held a solo picket in Moscow, demanding paying attention to the absence of struggle against corruption in the republic.