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Today, the Narimanov District Court of Baku has found Mamed Ibragim, Adviser of the Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), guilty of hooliganism and sentenced him to three years in prison. His defence treats the verdict as unfair.

At the "Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre", advocates have reported on violations committed in the course of the investigation into the case against persons accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs).

14 activists of the religious organization "Nurcular" banned in Russia were brought to the police station. Of them, 12 were released after questioning.

Last night, the Pentagon spokesman has reported that Abu Umar al-Shishani, one of the leaders of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS), died from injuries got in an airstrike which took place near the town of Al-Shaddadah in northeastern Syria on March 4.

In Maikop, the organization "Adyge Khase-Circassian Council" has twice failed to agree with the law enforcement authorities the venue for the planned rally devoted to the tight situation with the Circassian language.

The personnel changes have taken place at the Chechen government. Yakub Zakriev, a 26-year-old nephew of Ramzan Kadyrov, has been appointed the First Deputy Prime Minister. Earlier, he used to hold the post of the acting head of the secretariat of the leader of Chechnya.

The defence of Victor Krasnov, who is brought to trial in Stavropol for his online statements of antireligious nature, has sent an appeal to the Constitutional Court of Russia to recognize the article of the Criminal Code on insulting the feelings of believers as contrary to the Constitution of Russia.

In Chechnya, teachers of secondary schools are required to conduct "spiritual certification" of young people during weekends. This was reported by teachers of the Shali and Kurchaloi Districts.

The journalists, who suffered in the attack, committed by unidentified persons in Ingushetia on March 9, have called to qualify the attackers' actions under the article of "terror act".

Igor Kalyapin intends to hold a press conference in Grozny dedicated to the attack on journalists and rights defenders, committed activists on the Ingush-Chechen border. However, the event is under question, since journalists refuse to go to Chechnya from Moscow.

In prison, Khadija Ismayilova demonstrates the freedom of spirit and provides an example of commitment to democratic ideals. This was stated in Baku at the presentation of the book "Children of the Jacaranda Tree", translated by Ismayilova.

The authorities of Chechnya try to use the law enforcement bodies as a lever of pressure on opponents. This was stated by Ilya Yashin, when he was commenting on the initiative to institute criminal proceedings against him for defamation because of his report devoted to Ramzan Kadyrov.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has sent to Chechnya the complaint filed by Mikhail Kasyanov and Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr, the leaders of the "PARNAS" Party, with a request to launch an investigation into the post on the Ramzan Kadyrov's Instagram page, which the oppositionists treated as a death threat.

Alvi Karimov, the spokesman for Ramzan Kadyrov, has appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a request to consider the issue of institution of criminal proceedings against Ilya Yashin in connection with the publication of his report on the situation in Chechnya and his statements made in the course of presentations.

The journalists, injured in an attack on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia, took part in investigative actions and went home. One of the journalists, Øystein Windstad, said he was going to visit Russia again to continue investigation into the circumstances of the deaths of two Chechen residents.

Attacks on journalists and rights defenders on Ingush-Chechen border; explosion at a mosque in Nazran injuring four persons; death of two suspected militants in the CTO in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 7-13, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the past year of 2015, the Police of Nagorno-Karabakh registered eight complaints filed by women about cases of violence of physical, psychological or sexual nature. This is stated in a report published on the official website of the Police of Nagorno-Karabakh. In particular, the report states that there was a slight increase in the number of crimes against women, including crimes against sexual integrity. However, the number of such crimes remains low.

During the week of March 7-13, 2016, six persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, two persons were killed, and four others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports that Abu Umar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili), a native of Georgia, one of the leaders of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS), has been in a state of clinical death for several days already.

Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman of the "PARNAS" Party, has received from the FSB a response to his request to launch an investigation concerning the post on Ramzan Kadyrov's page on Instagram. The opposition politician treated the above post as a death threat. According to the response received from the FSB, the post does not contain evidence of any illegal actions.