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Ruslan Shuaibov, a brother of Murad Shuaibov, who was detained in December 2012, claims being persecuted and intimidated by law enforcement agents. The defence of Murad Shuaibov became aware that the investigator had been actually changed. This was reported by advocate Adilgerei Omarov.

Alik, a 27-year-old member of the youth wing of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), beaten during the pre-election campaign in the Achapnyak administrative district of Yerevan, was hospitalized with serious bodily injuries. This was reported by the ANC's pre-election headquarters.

On April 21, in Volgograd, 80 persons took part in the rally demanding to return to Russian citizens the right to own short-barrelled firearms of self defence.

Terror act in Boston, where Chechen natives are suspected as organizers; adoption of the law to elect head of Dagestan by the parliament; confrontation of power agents at the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya; hunger strike of life convicts in Azerbaijan; transfer to the Alabin District Court of the Krasnodar Territory of the case on Krymsk flood; resignation and reinstatement of Volgograd Mayor, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 15-21, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

30 families living in the student dormitory of the Artsakh State University in Stepanakert, still have not received the housing that was promised to them 25 years ago. According to refugees, the building is crowded, and people are living in unsanitary conditions. The government of Nagorno-Karabakh assures that the issue of refugees living in the dormitories will be resolved; however, the date when the issue can be resolved, remains unknown.

A resident of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan states that his son Georgy Khristokyan was unlawfully detained and kept at the Tarumovka IVS (temporary detention facility). Starting from April 13, the detainee is not allowed to be visited by the advocate. This was reported by his advocate Murad Magomedov.

Today, the Nariman District Court of Baku has pronounced the verdict to a group of believers who were arrested in connection with the protest action held on October 5, 2012, in front of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. The Court has sentenced the believers to 5-6 years of imprisonment.

Today, in Volgograd, at the trial of bribing in the GIBDD (road traffic police), the defence asked the court to acquit the defendants with the right to rehabilitation, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Today, Johar Tsarnaev, suspected of involvement in terror acts in Boston, faces charges. At the same time, it became known that the US authorities do not intend to question him as a participant of armed hostilities.

Today, the Lenin District Court of Stavropol has ruled to take into custody to SIZO (pre-trial prison) a 24-year-old temporarily unemployed native of Karachay-Cherkessia, accused of shooting from a traumatic weapon during a mass fight.

The defence of Professor Mikhail Savva, suspected of embezzling public funds, has filed an appeal against the court decision to arrest him for two months.

The arrest of Mikhail Savva, Director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC), who is accused of fraud, has political background, and the Russian authorities should release him. This was reported by the statement of the human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW).

Advocate Murad Musaev, who represents the interests of three residents of the Stavropol Territory, filed an appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation against the decision of the Stavropol Regional Court, which upheld the decision of the authorities of the Stavropol Territory to ban hijabs in schools.

At today's rally in Volgograd "Mothers of large families: dialogue with executive power", the participants complained about few land plots allocated to large families.

In the Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan, on the road next to the car of the head of the ROVD (District Interior Division), an explosion was triggered. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties, said a source from the investigatory authorities.

The 5th Caucasian Forum, due to take place in Makhachkala on April 21-23, 2013, has been postponed at the request of the Dagestani authorities and public organizations, as Kheda Saratova, a member of the board of the United Caucasus Forum, told the "Caucasian Knot".

A picket "against destruction of Russian health care system" was held today in Volgograd. Residents of the Volgograd Region residents demanded from those in power to preserve and expand access to health care.

The decision to set up a permanent operative group of power agents in the Dagestani village of Gimry was made after a meeting of the Government Commission and a group of local residents. Once this group is deployed in the village, residents will be able to return to their homes, said the head of the village administration Aliaskhab Magomedov.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the complaint of the defence Araik Petrosyan, a suspect of killing the head of the village of Proshyan, and left him under arrest. The court hearing took place against the backdrop of a protest action of local residents.

In Chechnya, the verdict has been upheld against Aksana Dashkaeva, a 42-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was sentenced earlier by one of the Grozny District Courts to ten years of imprisonment in a general security colony for kidnapping and attempted sale of an eight-month baby.