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The Criminal Court of Appeal refused to release on bail General Manvel Grigoryan, a member of the Armenian parliament.

An investigator instituted a criminal case against two law enforcers for beating Evgeny Manchenko, a resident of Krasnodar, who tried to climb over the fence of his house late in the evening, the Committee against Torture (CaT) reports today.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the defence appeal and left in custody Ramid Nagiev, a member of the youth committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was arrested for 30 days. Activist's colleagues from the PFPA believe the arrest of Ramid Nagiev is of political nature.

An administrator of the Facebook group "Be Brave, Armenia Open Society" became a suspect under the clause on inciting racial, national or religious hostility, the National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) reports today.

A hype associated with a speech delivered by transgender woman Lilit Martirosyan from the tribune of the National Assembly of Armenia was an organized provocation against the revolution and the government, stated Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.

A criminal case was instituted against Yana Antonova, the coordinator of the Open Russia* in the Krasnodar Territory, for involvement in an undesirable organization, and she was sent home under the obligation to visit investigators at their first request, reported advocate Alexander Valyavsky.

Two boys from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), whom their parents had taken to Syria a few years ago, have been brought to Russia. They have to undergo rehabilitation.

Over the past two years, Lizan Isakova, a paralyzed resident of Grozny, received no help from Chechen authorities, although back in 2017, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, ordered to improve her living conditions. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has turned to Daudov, recalling his unfulfilled promises given to the disabled woman.

Oyub Titiev has been taken to a settlement colony in Argun and placed into quarantine, his advocate Pyotr Zaikin and Oleg Orlov, the board chair of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have informed.

On the 30th anniversary of the dispersal of demonstrators in Tbilisi by Soviet troops, six streets of the Georgian capital were named after the casualties. The crackdown of protesters on April 9, 1989, was the starting point for the restoration of Georgia's independence, Bondo Kupatadze, Doctor of History, has noted.

On April 9, at the building of Muftiate in Nazran, a resident of Ingushetia shelled two men from a traumatic pistol, the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. The conflict broke out among members of two local teips (family clans) because of a monetary dispute, a source said.

Aslan Cherkesov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, convicted for killing a football fan, is regularly extended his stay in the dungeon (punishment cell, also known as ShIZO) and tortured, said Maria Bogdanova, his advocate.

Today, law enforcers have searched a house of rally participant Ibragim Dugiev and taken the activist away with them, his relatives report. The day before his detention, Ibragim Dugiev voluntarily visited investigators, and they had no claims against him, one of the protest leaders reported.

Law enforcers seized information carriers and mobile phones from the office of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) and thus paralyzed the NGO's activities, stated Andrei Rudomakha, the coordinator of the EcoWatch.

Today, the court has found Ruslan Islamov guilty of participation in the gang led by Shamil Basaev and an armed attack on Budyonnovsk in 1995 and sentenced him to 11 years of imprisonment.

Blogger Minkail Malizaev, who lives in Germany and who criticizes the authorities of Chechnya, has reported that unidentified persons attempted to kidnap him. The blogger's version raised doubts among some Internet users and residents of Chechnya. Sceptics noted that the kidnappers suspiciously easily abandoned their plans.

The authorities of Ukraine have extradited to Russia Magomed Dukuzov, accused of assassinating Paul Khlebnikov, the editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, the RIA "Novosti" quotes today Yuri Chaika, General Prosecutor of Russia, as reporting.

Law enforcers in masks have blocked entrances to the office of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) in Krasnodar and they are seizing PCs and office equipment, activist Viktor Chirikov reports today.

It is still not safe to discuss the problems of the LGBT community, notes Nina Karapetyants, the head of the Helsinki Association of Armenia. After the "velvet revolution," the country is slowly removing a taboo on discussion of the LGBT issues, believes Arthur Sakunts, the head of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office.

A preliminary investigation into a case on an attack in 2017 on a crew of Radio Liberty in the Krasnodar Territory was suspended due to the fact that no suspects had been found, Radio Liberty reports.