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Anar Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the website "Criminal.az", has been sentenced to one year of corrective labour under a lawsuit on defamation filed by a businesswoman. The journalist treats the verdict as unfounded.

The Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre launched a training project for psychologists and employees of NCOs helping residents of Northern Caucasus survive psychological injuries. Specialists of the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre pointed out the insufficient level of mental health services in the region, which residents suffered from wars, terror acts, and human rights violations.

A court found a resident of Dagestan to be a member of the "Imarat Kavkaz", a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, and sentenced him to 14 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, the press service of the court in Rostov-on-Don reported.

In Ingushetia, one of the victims of a shootout has got severe injuries and died in a resuscitation ward of a hospital.

Ramzan Kadyrov has commented on the story about the preparation for the murder of Georgian journalist, Giorgi Gabuniya, calling him his enemy and advising "to kneel and ask for forgiveness."

After the protest action staged by Azerbaijani citizens in the Derbent District, investigators have counted 400,000 roubles of damage. Ten suspects were detained.

Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was killed during a special operation in Pankisi, had contacted Akhmed Chataev and members of his grouping, while some correspondence was found in Temirlan's mobile phone, which indicates his readiness to commit a self-explosion act in a crowded place, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) asserts.

At the action of supporters of Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, policemen detained 177 citizens. Rights defenders have explained law enforcers' actions by the need to control the observance of the quarantine introduced due to coronavirus.

After detaining those, who took part in clashes with law enforcers, and a departure of a group of Azerbaijani citizens home, some 250-300 people remain in the tent camp near the Dagestani village of Kullar.

A native of Ingushetia has been detained in Tbilisi, who had prepared an attempt on the Georgian journalist, Giorgi Gabuniya on an order from Chechnya, the director general of the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Channel, has stated. Some Facebook users ridiculed this version; while others called on the Georgian authorities to protect the journalist.

In Baku, Azerbaijani activists have staged an action against the use of force during the special operation conducted in the Yeni Yasamal neighbourhood. Policemen detained four female protesters and released them after a "prophylactic conversation".

Ramzan Kadyrov did not have any right to issue instructions to take away cars from participants of long wedding party processions, while only a court could make such decisions, lawyers emphasize. The authorities of Chechnya use illegal methods to deal with quarantine violators, notes conflict expert Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya.

A policeman and a fighter of the National Guard of Russia were killed during a conflict in Nazran. According to a source, they and another killed man were relatives.

Three citizens of Georgia face even up to five years of imprisonment in a case on violation of the border with Abkhazia. The detainees have been kept at a temporary detention facility for 10 days, awaiting a decision concerning the pre-trial restriction measure.

The Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) and more than 30 NGOs express their "alarm at increasing attacks by the Azerbaijani authorities on peaceful protests" in the country. The human rights defenders "called on the country's authorities to immediately cease the human rights violations."

Over the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 26 times, including from sniper rifles and machine guns, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

During riots in the tent camp in the village of Kullar, four law enforcers suffered, authorities of the Derbent District have informed.

The clashes that broke out in the French city of Dijon of members of the Chechen Diaspora with local residents of Arab origin continue. The city's prosecutor said the clashes were racist in nature and directed against "natives from the Maghreb."

A protest action held by Azerbaijani citizens in the Dagestan village of Kullar ended in mass detentions, eyewitnesses inform.

Over 3000 Dagestani Muslims have paid for their pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, but in case this year's Hajj is cancelled due to the pandemic, they may have their money back or book tours for the next year, the "Marva Tour" travel agency has promised. The residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and Ingushetia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", said they were ready to cancel their trips.