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On April 5-11, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line for 900 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

The defence of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov has repeatedly challenged the decision of the Predgorny District Court, which recognized legitimate the actions of Pominov, the Chief of the IVS (detention facility) of the Predgorny District.

The Russian authorities attempt to make a hero of General Alexei Yermolov. This was stated by participants of the presentation of the book "A. P. Yermolov. Caucasian Letters. 1816-1860." The cruelty of General Yermolov's actions does not allow residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) to change attitude towards him, the human rights defenders believe.

During one day, the Azerbaijan's positions on the contact line were fired 50 times. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

In Chechnya, employees of public institutions and students complained about being forced to take part in the action on the large-scale planting of Grozny devoted to the holiday of May 9.

The defence of Talekh Bagirzade, an Azerbaijani theologian, has filed a motion to consider the complaint about his transfer to a closed prison and to conduct the re-trial; however, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the defence motion.

According to experts, residents of Northern Caucasus do not question the right of relatives to commit "honour killings". In the case against Sultan Daurbekov, a resident of Chechnya, his advocate tries to refer to the traditions, and a witness quotes the statements of Ramzan Kadyrov.

Advocates of Azerbaijani citizens Dilkham Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliev have challenged the verdict of guilty against their clients at the Supreme Court (SC) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NCR).

In Ingushetia, a local resident has been detained on suspicion of killing a policeman in the Cossack village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya.

Ivan Sydoruk, the Deputy General Prosecutor of Russia, has approved the indictment in the criminal case against earlier convicted Ali Taziev, known under a nickname of Magas. He is accused of the attack on Nazran in June 2004.

The police detained a resident of Dagestan, suspected of shelling a car with a senior officer of the Karabudakhkent ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Three residents of Chechnya have been found guilty of involvement in the murder of Ruslan Marzhanov, a resident of the town of Pugachov of the Saratov Region.

The question of political prisoners in Azerbaijan has become one of the main topics of the meeting of the Joint Working Group on Human Rights Issues with the participation of the delegation of the Council of Europe (CE).

source in the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has explained such an enhancement of police forces by the possible arrival in Makhachkala of Sergey Melikov, the Russian President's Envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

In Makhachkala, employees of public sector have written an open letter to the City Mayor. In their letter, they have complained about being forced to take part in the works on improvement of the city, although it is the responsibility of municipal services, receiving money from the budget for those purposes.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the law enforcement bodies have announced the suppression of channel for the transfer of female fighters to Syria, after in Nalchik, they had detained a female resident of Moscow, who spoke about her plans to go with her husband to Syria.

A girlfriend of Khamzat Bakhaev, a defendant in the case in the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, has said that during the period of time when the crime was committed and during the following two days, the Ingush native was with her in the apartment.

In Stavropol, the court has partially granted the defence motion for questioning power agents as witnesses in the case against Kislovodsk Imam Ali-Kurman Baichorov. Besides, the court has summoned for questioning Police Colonel Nikolai Zavyalikov, the Deputy Chief of the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The arrests of members of the "Founding Parliament" represent political persecution. This was stated by Paruir Airikyan, the leader of the association "National Self-Determination", at the press conference held on April 8. Ovik Abramyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, has claimed that there are no political prisoners in the country.

As a result of the examination, Russian soldier Valery Permyakov accused of killing the Avetisyan family members in Gyumri has been found mentally sane.