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On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Bifobia, the People's Defender (Ombudsperson) of Georgia, Nino Lomzhariya, and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have treated the position of LGBT people in the country as depressing, and called on the authorities to support them.

During the week of May 11-17, 2020, no casualties or victims were recorded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

Russian authorities should respond to the continued practice of female circumcisions in Northern Caucasus, subscribers of feminist publics in social networks believe.

There are practically no active members of the armed underground in Ingushetia, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are sure.

Upon the expiry of his administrative arrest, Niyameddin Akhmedov, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was not released; law enforcers took him to some other body, the party members have informed.

Believers should look for answers to their questions in the Koran, and not turn to psychologists, some commentators to the video about the demand for experts of the Association for Psychological Help to Muslims (APHM) believe. However, their opponents assert that in the modern world, people should use everything that works for their benefit.

The staff of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH) has stated, on air of the state television, that their complaints about the deficit of protective means were unjustified. Residents of Chechnya believe that employees of the CDH were forced to apologize.

As of today, the number of COVID-19 infections registered in the Stavropol Territory has reached 1367; 17 patients are in grave condition. Authorities are loosening restrictions, despite the worsening of the coronavirus situation in the region, Instagram commentators believe.

During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 23 times a day from the territory of Armenia and on the border with Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Medical students, doctors and nurses have agreed to go to work in hospitals where coronavirus patients are treated, activists of the "Companions of Good" movement have informed.

A court in Moscow has reconsidered the protocol issued by the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) and repeatedly fined the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" by 300,000 roubles for the absence in the publications of its Ingush branch of the notice that the HRC is a so-called "foreign agent".

Despite the alarming coronavirus situation in Dagestan, an irresponsible attitude towards prophylactic measures is observed among ordinary residents and among state servants, Muslim Gasan-Guseinov, a member of the public headquarters, has stated. Doctors of the region should publicize the problems existing in medical institutions regarding the COVID-19 situation, said Ziyaudin Uvaisov, the head of the NGO "Patient's Monitor".

On May 15, the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, signed a decree pardoning two convicted leaders of oppositional parties – Irakli Okruashvili, the founder of the "Victorious Georgia" Party, and Giorgi Ugulava, the Secretary General of the "European Georgia" Party. The president's decree was the best option, in which the opposition's demands were fulfilled, while the ruling party has "retained its image", the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

During the last 24 hours, Azerbaijan revealed 101 new cases of coronavirus infection; one patient died. Since May 18, the country's government will cancel the permissive system of leaving home; the catering facilities, museums and exhibition halls will reopen.

The claims voiced out by doctors of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH) during their protest are addressed to the federal centre, Professor Alexei Malashenko believes. Doctors announced their problems not fearing the measures applied in Chechnya to intimidate critics of the authorities, said Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender.

Law enforcers institute the third criminal case against Vadim Cheldiev, an initiator of the protests in North Ossetia. The criminal case has been instituted under the article on extremism. Vadim Cheldiev is included in the list of extremists compiled by the "Rosfinmonitoring" (the Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring).

In the area of a special operation under way in the Sunzha District, unidentified people opened fire on lanterns and sawed a tree revered by a community of Batal-Khadji followers, a source reported. For a long time, there are no militant units in Ingushetia, Instagram users said after law enforcers had started the special operation.

In Gudermes, the chief doctor of the Central District Hospital failed to understand his staff and explain to his subordinates that the hospital was only preparing to receive patients diagnosed with the coronavirus infection, so the staff did not need protective gear, said Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament.

Following a decision pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the government of Azerbaijan has recognized a violation of the freelance journalist Sevindj Vagifgyzy's right to freedom of movement and pledged to pay the journalist the compensation in the amount of 5000 euros.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs for monitoring in Azerbaijan expressed their concern over the increased prosecution of critics of the authorities in the country. The PACE rapporteurs warned the authorities of Azerbaijan to "refrain from any abuse of measures intended to fight the coronavirus pandemic to muzzle political opposition."