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The authors of the appeal to the Azeri President have asked him to facilitate the release from custody of Shakhnaz Beilargyzy, a journalist, who needs medical treatment.

Marina Melikhova, an activist, has complained about authorities’ demand to evict her and her children from their home in Adygea and asked for help to defend their house.

Elza Soltaeva, a native of Chechnya, who fled to Kazakhstan from domestic violence, reported that she stayed in a safe place. Making the situation public helped save the young woman, who was beaten by her father and husband, human rights defenders noted.

The short terms of imprisonment to which mobilized Kirill Soshkin and contract soldier Vyacheslav Takhmazyan have been sentenced for leaving their military unit can be explained by their admission of guilt and the fact that they reported for duty on their own.

Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the "Batumelebi" and "Netgazeti" outlets can move around the hospital ward, where she continues her hunger strike, but her health condition is a cause for concern, doctors have stated.

The official Baku’s demand to close the “Russian House” has become a way to put pressure on Moscow, seeking the Russia’s admission of guilt in a crash of an “Azerbaijan airlines” (AZAL) plane and payment of compensation. The official Baku also wants to demonstrate the independence of its actions without destroying relations with the Kremlin, Azerbaijani and Russian analysts suggest.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded compensation in the amount of EUR 6000 to Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, for his rights violations after his detention.

It is difficult to obtain refugee status in Kazakhstan; and although Elza Soltaeva has every reason to ask for it, local state bodies are closely cooperating with Russia; while the large local Vainakh Diaspora is expanding chances for Elza’s relatives to find her.

Ingush activist Bagaudin Khautiev has served his full sentence in a case on an extremist community and has been released from a penal colony in the Stavropol Territory.

During her trip to Chechnya, Krasnodar resident Maria Smelaya wants to get confirmation that her son does not live at the address where her former husband registered the child. The woman needs the information about the child’s place of registration to provide it to court to get a decision on guardianship.

With the help of the police, Elza Soltaeva, a native of Chechnya, could reach a shelter; law enforcers escorted her to the place and stopped a car with people from Chechnya who were pursuing Elza.

In a hospital, employees demonstratively offer food to Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications, who is on a hunger strike for the third week.

Sergey Belim, a military serviceman has been sentenced to two years in penal colony for his refusal to take in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

On February 5, Shamshad Aga, the head of the arqument.az news site, was detained; his home was searched, and his computer and mobile phones were seized. He was charged with "smuggling" within the “Meydan TV” case.

Lyudmila Borzilo, an activist from the Rostov Region, has stopped communicating with her relatives and associates. Earlier, the activist complained about an unfounded criminal case instituted against her and the law enforcement bodies’ demand to undergo a psychiatric examination.

The closure of a studio run by Dagestani activist Ramazan Rabadanov has become one of the conditions for his transfer to house arrest, and failure to comply threatened to return him to a SIZO (pre-trial prison).

Elza Soltaeva, a native of Chechnya, who had fled domestic violence, has been detained by the police in Kazakhstan. She has stated that her relatives were persecuting her, and she feared for her life.

In a preliminary report on the Baku-Grozny flight crash, Kazakhstan has not provided any clear conclusions about the causes of the plane crash. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transportation has also commented on the report with excessive delicacy.

Law enforcers beat up employees of several Georgian publications covering a protest action which took place in front of the “Tbilisi Mall” shopping centre.

In Georgia, at least five persons who were beaten during a protest action in Tbilisi or after their detention have been hospitalized. Politician Nika Meliya, who was released after being detained, claimed that a law enforcer kicked him while he was handcuffed. In total, about 30 people were arrested at the protest actions.