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The lawyer Gurban Mamedov, who knocked down a man by his car, later threatened to kill him, the Baku police has reported today. The lawyer told the court on June 4 that the materials of his criminal case had been falsified. In the opinion of Ali Kerimli, the leader of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), Mamedov's arrest was "politically motivated."

After switching off the gas, water and electricity supplies to No. 14 inAmurskaya Street in Astrakhan, where the Porfiriev family lives, none of the city agencies responsible for delivery of public services has stated involvement in any works there. In this regard, Alexander Kamanin, a Deputy of the local Duma, asked the prosecutor to take action to protect the Porfirievs.

The participants of the three-day hunger strike have adopted a resolution demanding to open a rehabilitation centre for disabled children and equip them with all the necessary rehabilitation and technical facilities.

The today's session of the Oktiabrsky District Court of Krasnodar has considered the investigators' motion on extending the custody of Professor Mikhail Savva from the Kuban State University (KSU). The court has decided to leave him behind bars till August 11.

The schools of North Ossetia have revealed – in the course of the Unified State Examination (USE) in the Russian language, mathematics, biology and history – seven violations and facts of putting the exam results on the Internet. This was announced by Alan Ogoev, the Minister of Education and Sciences of North Ossetia, summing up the subtotals of the USE.

A sanctioned picket of defrauded housing investors was held in front of the UVD (Interior Department) for the Tsentralny Region of Krasnodar. The action was attended by 10 people who demanded to prosecute the developers who failed to fulfil their obligations.

On June 4, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev signed the law "On Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijani Republic", adopted by the Parliament on May 14. The amendments criminalize defamation and insults spread through the global network. By the severity of punishments, defamation (slander) and insults on the Internet are equated to the same acts in the real world.

A Sochi court has ruled, based on the suit lodged by the city administration, to demolish a toilet and a woodshed owned by residents of an apartment block with partial amenities in Akatsij Street. According to the administration, the toilet and the shed at the house that is not connected to a central sewer and with stove heating are unauthorized structures.

The advocates who work in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) are facing active opposition of power and investigating bodies. This is stated in the report of the Amnesty International (AI) entitled "Face to face with injustice: threats and pressure on lawyers in Northern Caucasus".

A historical and cultural examination of the unloading dock (floating jetty), located near the farmstead of Bobry in the Volgograd Region, is over: the building should be placed under state protection.

The court hearing on the case of a tourist's death in the attraction named "Zorb" in Dombai has been rescheduled for June 17 due to the illness of the defendant's advocate, said Arthur Urusov, the spokesman of the Karachay District Court.

Today, the house inhabited by the members of the Porfiriev family in Astrakhan was disconnected from electricity grid; and then the developer cut off the gas supply, Regina Porfirieva told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The court in Krasnodar has appointed a hearing for June 5, where it will consider the further freedom restriction of Mikhail Savva, whose detention expires on June 12. His wife Elena Savva told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it. The session of the Oktiabrsky District Court of Krasnodar is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on June 5.

Today, Mekhman Zametdinov, an activist of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout), was detained by the police and subjected to administrative arrest for 10 days, said Elmin Badalov, the spokesman for the movement. The Khatain District Court has confirmed the decision to arrest Zametdinov, but did not specify what he was accused of.

Rasim Aliev and Mekhman Guseinov, the employees of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), said that on June 3 in Baku they were exposed to policemen's pressure while covering a rally of solidarity with the ongoing demonstrations in Turkey in support of local activists. Law enforcement authorities promise to conduct an investigation.

The US State of Louisiana has passed a resolution in support of the efforts of Nagorno-Karabakh to develop as a free and independent state, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

The refugees from Georgia living in the collective centres in Tskhinvali claim that they are forced to live in dilapidated buildings in the absence of natural gas; and these problems are addressed by nobody.

The Azeri writer Khalida Khalid and her driver and assistant Shamkhal Guseinov, released on June 3 inIran, had been held in this country for over a month in violation of the Convention on Diplomatic Service and the rights of the detainees, said Vafa Guluzade, a former state adviser on foreign policy.

The case of 16 Jehovah's Witnesses, who are tried in Taganrog since May 30, shows the absurdity of the Russian anti-extremism legislation, experts in human rights said at a press conference in Moscow.

On Monday night, an attack was committed on Irina Lukyashko, a reporter of the Internet-based medium "Yuga.ru". Two teenage girls beat the journalist and took away her bag, purse and cell phone, Irina Lukyashko herself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.