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A young man from Chechnya has appealed to the German Embassy in Moscow with a request to provide him with protection from the persecution because of his homosexual orientation. After an interview, officials of the German diplomatic mission granted him an entry visa "for urgent humanitarian reasons," an official of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports.

Ruslan Parsilaev is sentenced to six years of imprisonment, and Magomedsalikh Nazarov to five years of imprisonment. The court found them guilty of aiding and abetting two natives of Dagestan, wanted on suspicion of killing a Moscow policeman in 2015.

Belarusian power agents have extradited Murad Amriev to Russia; and there is every reason to worry for his life, said his advocate Pyotr Zaikin.

The State Security Service (SSS) of Abkhazia has detained five Tajik citizens, suspected of involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia.

The interview of the Dagestani gay, who escaped from Russian special services who tried to recruit him for sending to Syria, has aroused controversy among Dagestani journalists: on the one hand, the story is well in line with the practice of sex blackmail in Northern Caucasus, on the other hand, it fails to meet local traditions and beliefs.

Unidentified people shelled a car in which Set-Salim Akhilgov, a deputy of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia, was travelling to work. The MP and his driver were not injured.

Each of five residents of Nalchik, whose property was damaged during a special operation carried out by law enforcers in January 2016, will receive 50,000 roubles, reports an official from the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

More than 50 people have marched to the building of the court of the administrative districts of Erebuni and Nubarashen, where today, the first trial in the case against 14 members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) was to be held. The activists have demanded to release members of the "Sasna Tsrer" and all political prisoners of the country, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The wife of Afghan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani journalist, who was kidnapped in Tbilisi, appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia with a request to grant her and her husband the status of victims. This was reported by advocate Archil Chopikashvili.

The State Border Committee of Belarus has confirmed the detention of athlete Murad Amriev, who complained about torture and threats of blood feud against him in Chechnya. Human rights defenders have appealed to the Belarusian law enforcement agencies with a request not to send Murad Amriev to Russia.

23 international public organizations have addressed a letter to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili with the demand to call on the Georgian government to carry out a complete investigation in connection with the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly's case.

The Chechnya Prosecutor's Office found 12 materials on the Internet offending religious feelings of believers and filed lawsuits to court to block access to those resources.

Athlete Murad Amriev, who complained about torture and threats of blood feud against him in Chechnya, was detained in Belarus, since he was wanted by CIS countries, the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel reports with reference to the ROVD (District Interior Division) in the town of Dobrush.

Belarusian border guards detained Murad Amriev, an MMA fighter, in Dobrush. Earlier, he has claimed facing the threats of blood feud in Chechnya and fled the transport police building in Bryansk.

The motive for the Boris Nemtsov's murder has not been revealed, and the case contains no objective evidence of any version voiced by investigators. In the course of the debate, advocates have claimed there are a lot of hidden circumstances in the case.

The mother of the girl, who died of dog bites, will not be able to collect the claimed amount of 50 million roubles from the Mayoralty; her claim will most likely be rejected, said Dagestani lawyers.

Jamil Gasanli, the chairman of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), said that he was exposed to customs examination at the Baku International Airport, despite the fact that he had nothing to declare.

Today, Elchin Sadygov, an advocate of the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, has posted a video on the Facebook, reporting his meeting on June 6 with his client at Baku SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison). "Afghan remains vivacious," said the advocate.

Today, in Kiev, the court has pronounced the decision to arrest for two months a man suspected of an attempt on Adam Osmaev, a native of Grozny, and his wife Amina Okueva.

Today, the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has released a statement condemning the authorities of Azerbaijan for a new wave of attacks on freedom of expression in the country. The IRFS has also called on the Western countries and agencies to impose sanctions.