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The judgement of the court in Makhachkala will allow residents of the dwelling settlement of Vremenny, who had lost their homes during a special operation, to seek compensation for authorities' inaction, said Marina Agaltsova, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the conviction of Nureddin Ismailov, the editor-in-chief of the "Teref.az" website, – 5.5 years of conditional imprisonment within the case of anti-state appeals. The defence finds the BCA's decision to be unjustified.

Human rights defenders believe the postponement of a court hearing on the conditional early relief (CER) of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, raised questions about the delay in the trial and the orientation on the Oyub Titiev's release.

According to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", at least 96 activists were prosecuted after mass protests in Ingushetia in March, and criminal cases were instituted against at least 29 activists. In total, 82 people were detained, and at least 24 activists are still under arrest.

In the capital of Dagestan, law enforcers organized a regular raid near the "Tangim" Mosque to check documents of the believers. Representatives of the mosque forced the law enforcement bodies to stop the raid and release two detainees.

The information about the reburial of the remains of Imam Shamil's naib Hadji Murad in the Khunzakh District, scheduled for June 2, is incorrect, the Khunzakh district administration reports.

The detainees are suspected of attacking supporters of Samvel Babayan, the former Minister of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, and illegal possession of weapons, reported the Investigating Committee of Armenia.

Mikhail Saakashvili, who has returned to Ukraine, said that he would soon arrive in Georgia, where he had been sentenced under several cases and will be held responsible, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia has stated.

On May 28, in the Azerbaijani village of Novkhany near Baku, members of oppositional parties held a rally on the Republic Day. Four of them, detained prior to the action, were released at the end of the day.

Over 70 publishers took part in the fair at the 21st Tbilisi International Book Festival. Young people are most interested in reading; therefore, new Georgian writers are now in demand, publishers have emphasized.

The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has stigmatized the Ingush branch of Red Cross as a "foreign agent" only because its head, Musa Malsagov, took part in protests and was arrested, Magomed Bekov, an advocate, has stated.

Football teams began arriving in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) to take part in the ConIFA (Confederation of Independent Football Associations) European Championship. Volunteers from NKR and Armenia are involved in organizing the event.

In the near future, no new wave of disputes around the "David Gareja" Monastery Complex located on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border is expected. The call of Elias-II, the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, to give up mass protests has contributed to a decline of protesters' emotions.

The arrest of four Ingush students accused of extremism in Egypt has been extended by 15 days, their relatives have informed.

The Defence Army has not violated the ceasefire regime and is not related to the death of an Azerbaijani soldier on the contact line of troops, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports. The OSCE have called on the parties to the Karabakh conflict to show restraint.

The authorities of Dagestan provided residents of Dagestan with more days off than for the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in 2018.

A man accused of involvement in a grouping of the "Astrakhan shooters" is suspected of having transferred money to a member of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.

Positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled 23 times, including in three district bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

A Baku court has rejected the petition of Asif Yusifli, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), for release him under conditional early relief (CER). His defence intends to appeal against the refusal.

Members of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party have criticized the decision to return the Ukrainian citizenship to Mikhail Saakashvili.