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A new protest action of entrepreneurs, who oppose the amendments to the Law "On Turnover Tax", is taking place near the building of the Armenian government. The protesters announced their readiness to hold a sit-in strike, if the government fails to hear them, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

An appeal about rights violations of Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilkham Askerov, the Azerbaijanis, convicted in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) for a murder and espionage, has been sent by Azerbaijani lawyers to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The attack on the lawyer of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) Gyunay Ismaylova is investigated under the article of "hooliganism", said Orkhan Mansurzade, the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan.

A deterioration in the health condition of Abdula Abilov, who had actively criticize Azerbaijani authorities and the convicted on charges of drug possession, has raised concerns of local rights defenders. The head of the group for torture prevention under the country's Ombudsperson promised to address the SIZO (pre-trial prison) concerning Abilov.

The defence of Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilkham Askerov, citizens of Azerbaijan, who were convicted in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has complained to the Court of Appeal (CoA) about the verdict passed by the first instance court.

The Absheron District Court has found the Azerbaijani journalist Seymour Ghazy guilty of hooliganism and sentenced him to five years in prison. The other figurant in the criminal case, Magerram Gasanov was awarded with a six months' imprisonment.

The information about the shooting down by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces of an Armenian drone over the area of the Karabakh conflict is untrue, said Artsrun Ovannisyan, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia.

Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses, who protest against the amendments to the Law "On Value-Added Tax", blocked the street in front of the residence of the President of Armenia. The crowd of protesters is over 2000 strong, said the organizers of the action.

About 200 cars have left Makhachkala to take part in the motor rally to Simferopol under the motto "Russia honours Prophets and respects people!" The participants of the action stand against caricatures on Prophet Muhammad.

The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the verdict to Nikita Tikhonov in the case of the creation of the extremist community "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN) and confirmed his life imprisonment.

The OSCE mission plans monitoring of the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan, since the parties in conflict report another ceasefire violation.

Thorbjorn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), and Georg Link, the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE, have welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia to reject the liquidation of the "Memorial".

In its annual report on situation with democracy and political rights in the world, the international human rights organization "Freedom House" has listed the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) among partially free countries. The editor-in-chief of a local independent edition believes that the republic sees positive trends.

The charges of making and storing firearms has been presented to Magomed Gadjiev, a resident of the Dagestani village of Novokuli, who had been earlier checked for involvement in the murder of the football player of "Anji-2" club Gasan Magomedov.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has considered a complaint lodged by Swiss authorities against the court decision in the case of public denial of the Armenian Genocide. The verdict is expected in 6-8 months.

On Wednesday, January 28, the rights defender Gyunay Ismaylova was invited to the Baku police department, where they accepted her application about the attack on her. According to Ismaylova, she was informed that the inquiry into the incident would be run by the district prosecutor's office.

As stated by Vladimir Gasparyan, the Chief of the Police of Armenia, the organizers of the clashes between protesters and policemen on January 15 at the Russian Consulate in the city of Gyumri will be brought to justice.

The case of two residents of Makhachkala, accused of involvement in the armed underground and aiding militants, has been sent to the court.

Adam Tsechoev, the head of the administration of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, has clarified that with the help of the adaptation commission they managed to return not one, but two local residents, who were going to take part in the warfare in Syria.

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has decided to leave Khasan Zakaev, 41, suspected of aiding the organizers of capturing the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre on October 23, 2002, in custody, said the press service of the court.