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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.

By resorting to repressions, Ingush authorities are depriving people of their right to assembly, Facebook users have commented on the news about the arrest of Akhmed Barakhoev. Some of them believe that the court judgement is contrary to the Ingush custom of honouring the elderly.

Being kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Akhmed Barakhoev will suffer a negative impact on his health state because of his diseases which are to be treated on an outpatient basis, reports Basir Ozdoev, an advocate of the activist.

Today, the court has found that Barakh Chemurziev, the head of the movement "Support of Ingushetia", had violated the rules for organizing a rally in Magas.

During two days, in Ingushetia, three leaders of protests and six participants of a spontaneous rally on the "Caucasus" highway were sentenced to 10-day arrests.

Suspects killed today in Kabardino-Balkaria were involved in an attack on policemen in the Baksan District and in the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed.