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Over 2018, at least 128 Azerbaijani oppositionists were arrested for political reasons. Authorities imitate liberalization, refusing to criminally prosecute activists in favour of arbitrary arrests, local rights defenders have emphasized.

Today, ten years after Georgia's accession to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the country's authorities failed to radically improve the lives of people with disabilities, the Ombudsperson, Nino Lomdjariya, believes. His predecessor in the post regards that only in 50 years from now the country will be able to ensure acceptable conditions for people with disabilities.

The MPs from the "United National Movement" (UNM) and the "European Georgia" Parties have called for the establishment of a temporary parliamentary commission to investigate the special operation conducted in the Pankisi Gorge. The ruling "Georgian Dream" Party has promised to consider this issue.

The Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov has noted Ramzan Kadyrov's and his supporters' stormy reaction to his criticism of Kadyrov the elder, announcing his victory in confrontation with Chechen authorities.

The entry of data on Chechen-Dagestani border into the state registry of real estate has been suspended, the speakers of both parliaments have announced without specifying the reasons.

The verdict in the case of the attack on the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent is an important precedent, punishments for attacking media professionals in Russia are rare, lawyers have stated.

Paruir Sargsyan, the headman of the Armenian village of Zartonk, is accused of embezzling money intended for participants in the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh in April 2016.

Six participants of a fight in the Orta-Tyube village in the Nogai District of Dagestan, provoked by the land conflict, are still being kept at a detention centre in Kizlyar. Three detainees, whose terms of arrest expired, are released.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan refused to tighten the sentence to Karim Kasumov, who was punished with suspended sentence in the case on an attack on Patimat Makhmudova, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The armistice regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was broken; a village bordering on Armenia came under fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The statement of Mamuka Bakhtadze, the Prime Minister of Georgia, about cooperation with Azerbaijan in the case of the kidnapping of journalist, Afghan Mukhtarly, is not confirmed by Georgia's actions, the Mukhtarly's defence has stated.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has announced new challenges for the republic. According to his version, journalists should stop "the liars who are spreading gossips." In this regard, Kadyrov announced a reorganization of mass media.

After his hunger strike, the Ingush elder, Akhmed Barakhoev has sharply aggravated stomach pains; he needs a medical examination and a special diet, his advocate, Fatima Urusova, has stated. The hunger strike has made the disease acute, but it's difficult to ensure a strict diet in custody, Akhmed's son, Ilez Barakhoev, has noted.

The Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov has called the statements of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and pro-government theologians to be answers to his video about Akhmat Kadyrov. Residents of Chechnya treat the authorities' statements as attempts to smooth the consequences of unsuccessful discussions with the blogger.

After a conflict with shooting in the village of Zartonk, six people turned for help to doctors; one of them remains in hospital.

A resident of Baksan was accused of throwing a stone at a fighter of the National Guard of Russia during a march near the village of Zayukovo in Kabardino-Balkaria in September 2018.

The North-Caucasian Military Court found that Shamil Gabzaev, a resident of Chechnya, recruited his acquaintances to participate in the Syrian conflict on the side of militants, and sentenced him to seven years of imprisonment. The defendant pleaded not guilty.

Out of 30 political prisoners, whose conditional early relief (CER) is being sought by activists of the campaign "Free All!", four filed appropriate motions to the courts of Azerbaijan. Other political prisoners are also preparing requests for the CER.

Detained participants of a protest action against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are accused of disturbing public order.

During the week of April 8-14, 2019, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.