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On May 1, the activists, Galina Tikhenko, Vladimir Telpuk, Galina Zabolotneva and Vladimir Vasilchenko, came out to central Volgograd with the posters reading "In times of general lies, telling the truth is extremism. G. Orwell", " Freedom to Alexei Navalny!", "Fighting corruption is extremism" and others.

The cases about the participation of residents of the Stavropol Territory in the actions of the gangs commanded by Basaev and Khattab look very much alike and are often falsified, Narine Airapetyan, an advocate, said in connection with the criminal prosecution of two natives of the Nogai village of Kayasula.

Elchin Mamed, a journalist and human rights defender, convicted within the case of theft and illegal weapon possession, insists on an acquittal. The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has accepted his cassation complaint for consideration.

In central Tbilisi, two unidentified persons beat up a 17-year-old transgender girl, after which she needed hospitalization. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has declared the attackers wanted.

Russian militaries have ensured the passage safety of six columns of Azerbaijani military servicemen: four along the Lachin Corridor and two along the Shusha-Kadjar road, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The people detained on April 21 for taking part in an unsanctioned rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Sochi are massively reporting their complaints to the hotline about law enforcers' unjustified actions, use of force, and threats, human rights defenders inform.

In a forest near the village of Nesterovskoye in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, law enforcers have found a hideout with weapons and ammunition.

During five months of Ogtai Gyulyalyev's stay in Baku, doctors visited the Azerbaijani human rights defender only once at the insistence of his relatives; while nurses refuse to continue caring for him because of non-payment of surcharges, Ogtai's son and the director of the "Turan" news agency have stated.

On the occasion of the Ramadan, Senator Suleiman Kerimov has promised to pay 20,000 roubles to each needy family in need in several districts of Dagestan. Kerimov is so popular in the republic that he needs no charity actions to raise his rating, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, actions of the opposition against corruption failed to attract a large number of supporters. The "My Right" movement decided to suspend its street protests until residents of Nagorno-Karabakh exhibit interest in fighting for their rights.

The “Project” online edition’s account on Instagram has been assigned the status of a deceased person. Journalists associate the incident with the people who are dissatisfied with the edition’s investigation into the activities of the persons affiliated with Ramzan Kadyrov.

65 lawsuits have been lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding inhuman treatment in captivity and about 20 lawsuits – about the killings of prisoners of war (POWs), the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent has been informed by advocate Siranush Saakyan, who represents the interests of Armenian prisoners of war at the ECtHR. According to the advocate, lawsuits regarding inhuman treatment were filed on behalf of almost all POWs who returned to Armenia.

Today, the “Rosfinmonitoring” (the Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring) has included the “Navalny’s Offices” in the list of legal entities involved in terrorism and extremist activities.

The Prosecutor’s Office for the Tsuntinsky District ordered to close the dilapidated school building in the Dagestani village of Khutrakh and transfer schoolchildren to temporary lessons in the buildings of the obstetric station and kindergarten.

The Magas District Court recognized Isa Khamkhoev, the former head of the Spiritual Centre of Muslims of Ingushetia, as a violator of the procedure of organizing and holding a meeting and imposed another fine of 10,000 roubles on him, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.

On April 29, the Centre for Conflict Analysis and Prevention presented the report "North-Caucasian Muslims in Russian Jails: Human Rights, Adaptation Strategies, Risks of Radicalization and Post-Liberation Reintegration" in the online mode.

On April 29, activists of the oppositional movement "Moyo Pravo" (My Right) blocked the traffic in Freedom Square, demanding a report on the loans granted to officials, but none of the government officials came out to them. The protests will continue, the protesters have announced.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has reacted to the defence's complaint about the deteriorating health of the arrested diplomat Eldar Gasanov and sent a request to the Azerbaijani authorities about his health condition, his advocate has informed.

Shamil Nurmagomedov, a native of Dagestan, who is serving his term for financing terrorism in a colony in the Smolensk Region, has been transferred from an isolation cell with strict custody conditions to a cell-type premise for five months. The reason for the punishment was the publicity of the data about the inmates' protest hunger strike, Nurmagomedov's father has informed.

For Elena Barzukaeva, applications about her son's torture have turned into lawsuits against her lodged by law enforcers. Investigators refused to investigate her applications, and she had no other way to help her son but to voice out the names of those who could have been involved in the torture in media and at pickets, Barzukaeva herself stated it in court.