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The staff of the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) in Stavropol refused to release Mikhail Abramyan from the facility, saying that he must serve five days more of his punishment.

The head of the Investigating Department (ID) of the FSB for the Krasnodar Territory has returned the criminal case against the activist Darya Polyudova to the investigator with instruction to eliminate the violations, said the Darya's advocate.

The Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who is under arrest, has been awarded the Barbara Goldsmith "Freedom to Write" Award of the American PEN Centre. Dozens of US sports journalists have joined the call of the PEN Centre to release Ismayilova from custody on the eve of the First European Games in Baku.

In Krasnodar, in the fenced territory of one of the Karasun Lakes, construction works have been launched to erect a 16-storied residential complex. This was reported by local residents. According to them, builders began to pour concrete to the territory that was once used by city residents for their walks.

In Moscow, participants of the conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire have expressed their concern that the non-recognition of the above mentioned events can give rise to new crimes. According to the conference participants, the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is important for restoration of historical justice.

Patimat Abdulgamidova, a native of Dagestan, is wanted in Turkey on suspicion of plotting a terror act. This was reported by the Turkish police. According to the power bodies of Dagestan, Patimat Abdulgamidova could be recruited by Dagestani militants.

In Makhachkala, the police launched the investigating into the case of beating of Gadjimurad Omarov, the leader of the Dagestani regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party.

Mikhail Abramyan, the Secretary of the Committee of the Stavropol branch of the "Communists of Russia" Party, has declared a hunger strike at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of Stavropol. According to party colleagues of Mikhail Abramyan, he protests against political persecution and non-admission of advocate.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has placed under house arrest Ibodullo Nabotov, a budun (employee) of one of the mosques in the capital of Dagestan. According to his advocate, he is suspected of possessing a grenade and narcotic substances.

In Sochi, at the court session held on April 17 on the case to evict Saveliev family members from a vacant cottage occupied by them in the village for Olympic settlers, the court has dismissed all the motions filed by the defendants. The Saveliev family members left the courtroom in protest.

Professor Mikhail Savva, convicted for fraud in Krasnodar, fears new criminal cases that can be opened against him and, therefore, does not intend to return to Russia in the near future.

The participants of the today's action in Yerevan, held in support of the arrested activists of the "Founding Parliament", demanded from the authorities to release the activists. According to the organizers of the rally, it was about 3000 strong, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Yerevan has opened an exhibition "Remember and Demand; Revival", dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.

Akhmed Kamilov, a resident of Khasavyurt, whose kidnapping was reported by his relatives, was detained by operative agents for a check and is already back at large.

The fact that advocate Evgeny Gubin is refused to visit Zaur Dadaev, accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, violates the criminal procedure law and questioned the evidentiary basis of the case. This was stated by members of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT).

Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has treated the verdict of guilty against human rights defender Rasul Jafarov announced by the court in Baku as unjustified. According to her story, Azerbaijan is a country where fundamental human rights and critical voices are being suppressed on systematic and large-scale basis.

In France, the court has announced sentences to four natives of Chechnya, accused of providing financial support and transfer of military ammunition to militants in Syria.

On April 16, Gevorg Safaryan, an activist of the "Founding Parliament", accused of plotting riots in Armenia, went on hunger strike in prison to protest against "political repression". This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in the office of the "Founding Parliament."

On April 16, in Yerevan, members of the Youth Union of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" Party and the "Nikol Agbalyan" Students' Union held an action near the US Embassy to Armenia. The activists demanded from the USA to recognize Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire.

On April 14, the Krasnodar Territorial Court considered the appeal filed by the defence of Mikhail Savva and upheld the decision to replace his conditional sentence by real imprisonment. This was reported by the "RAPSI" (Russian Agency of Legal and Judicial Information) on April 16 with reference to an official from the Territorial Prosecutor's Office.