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The custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Nalchik, where Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, is kept, humiliate his dignity and harm his health, his advocate, Magomed Gagiev, has complained.

Refugees from Chechnya living in Ingushetia have recorded a video appeal to Vladimir Putin, since they hope that Russian President will force officials to address their long-standing problem.

During the Vladimir Putin’s direct line with residents of Russia, Ramzan Kadyrov has declared that Chechnya can serve as an example for Moscow in the regularity of live broadcasts of government officials and answers to pressing questions of citizens.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan extended until September 28 the terms of arrest of brothers Raip and Ziyavudin Ashikov, as well as Omar Abdurashidov.

The three-day joint exercises of the Azerbaijani and Turkish military personnel were planned long before the signing of the Shusha Declaration and the agreement on mutual military assistance between the two countries, Azerbaijani analysts note. The more frequent exercises of the military personnel of the two countries contribute to the transition of the Azerbaijani army to NATO standards, the analysts explain.

Calls for reprisals against ethnic Azeri Idrak Mirzalizade following his public joke about xenophobes led to his beating in Moscow. The joke was misunderstood, the comedian claims.

The US State Department classified Russia as a country not recommended for visiting, especially mentioning Chechnya, where US citizens may face terrorism and a risk of being kidnapped. The Department also did not recommend travelling to the vicinity of Mount Elbrus.

A native of Chechnya, Ali Ozdamirov, has been extradited to Russia from Belgium; he is accused of an armed attack on a school in the village of Geldagan, Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, which resulted in the death of one person, and a theft of a large sum of money.

Village farmers of the Shirak Region of Armenia have stopped their protest action demanding to provide them with water for irrigation. The crops are already dead, residents of the villages of Azatan and Beniamin have complained.

Threats of dismissal and enterprise closures are used in Chechnya to force workers to get vaccinated. Without vaccination certificates, it became difficult for republic residents to make shopping or visit a cafe, residents of Chechnya have complained.

The court ruling to satisfy the complaint about the refusal to initiate a criminal case against law enforcers gives hope to bring those responsible for killing Gasanguseinov brothers to justice, their father has stated.

A 20-year-old daughter of a native of Chechnya, who had fled from her father because of beatings, after the detention of a Chechen woman, Khalimat Taramova, made her own story public, the edition "Takie Dela" (So It Goes) has written.

The participants of the events on the Remembrance Day of Casualties and Missing Soldiers in Karabakh Wars laid flowers at the Memorial Complex. During the last autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, 270 military servicemen went missing; and nothing is known about the fate of 18 civilians.

The Military Court of Appeal upheld the verdict to Ramzan Akhyadov, a native of Chechnya, extradited from Georgia, who was sentenced in Russia to seven years of imprisonment for involvement in the ranks of Syrian militants.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered convincing the arguments of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) about the absence of a threat to life of young woman Khalimat Taramova in Chechnya and decided not to take urgent measures in connection with her detention by law enforcers in Dagestan, the “Russian LGBT Network”* reported. Contrary to the assurances of the Russian authorities, more than 20 human rights organizations expressed their concern about the fate of the young woman.

In Baku, a court is delaying the consideration of an appeal for the conditional early relief for Agil Magerramov, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, his party colleagues claim.

In their video appeal to the Russian President, migrants claim that the authorities of Ingushetia do not allocate housing to forced migrants from Chechnya and ignore complaints about the unresolved problem with housing.

In Georgia, the public opinion about the LGBT community has changed; and politicians are no longer afraid to drop their rating by speaking in support of this community, Kakha Gogolashvili has noted. The LGBT topic no longer causes such a violent reaction as before, Gela Vasadze believes. In his turn, Ucha Nanuashvili asserts that there is no improvement with the observance of the LGBT people's rights in Georgia.

Employees of the Ombudsperson's office have received access to the territory of the boarding school in Ninotsminda, where they met pupils and began studying the school documentation, Nino Lomdjariya, the Ombudsperson, has informed.

Georgy Guev, a resident of North Ossetia, has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of financing terrorism in connection with his non-violent exercising of his right to the freedom of religion; the sentence was passed in violation of his right to a fair trial. This was stated by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*.