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In two years, 248 children have been returned to Azerbaijan from Iraq, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers has reported. After rehabilitation, they were handed over to their relatives.

It is difficult for forced migrants to rent apartments or hotel room in Stepanakert; and not everyone can prove one's right to receive social help, refugees have complained.

One of the prosecution witnesses at the trial of the leaders of the Ingush protest has stated that Zarifa Sautieva had instructed the protesters in Magas to resist law enforcers, Djabrail Kuriev, an advocate, has reported. According to his story, the witness had again incorrectly described the Sautieva's appearance.

Authorities should not have used force against feminist rally in Baku, since the female activists did not violate public order and observed sanitary norms, Namizad Safarov, the coordinator of the Centre against Repressions and Torture.

Chechen investigators have handed the materials of the check on the use of violence against Salman Tepsurkaev, the moderator of the "1Adat" chat of the Telegram channel, over to their colleagues in the Krasnodar Territory. This will make the investigation more efficient and help in establishing the whereabouts of the kidnapped person, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has expressed some hope.

Five human rights organizations have called on the Russian FSB to allow Rozgeldy Choliev, a citizen of Turkmenistan, to apply for asylum. For the eighth day, Choliev stays in the neutral zone of a Moscow Airport; he is running out of money, while his friends with food and advocate are not let to him.

An uncle and a cousin have urged not to believe Tamerlan Aurbiev, a native of Chechnya, who, according to blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, refused to kill Tumso's brother. In their turn, network commentators believe that the Aurbievs, who had treated their relative as mentally unstable and capable of crimes, has been forced to record a video slandering Tamerlan.

In Yerevan, participants of a protest action cordoned off the territory of the Armenian parliament and blocked the entrances and exits of the building. There are clashes between activists and policemen, who are trying to push the oppositionists away from the parliament building.

The President of Armenia did not dispute the Prime Minister's decision to dismiss Onik Gasparyan from the post of the chief of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces, and it comes into force automatically, reports Alen Simonyan, the deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament.

Advocates and activists gathered in front of the residence of the President of Armenia. They demanded from the leader of the country to send to the Constitutional Court a draft decree on the resignation of Onik Gasparyan, the chief of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. Armen Sarkisyan does not use his powers to prevent the development of a political crisis, the activists note.

The military doctors of the Russian mobile hospital, who treated coronavirus patients in Sukhumi, have left for the place of their permanent deployment in Budyonnovsk.

In Georgia, women's rights are systematically violated, the human rights defenders from the NGO "Young Lawyers' Association" have noted, referring to cases of domestic violence, sexual harassment, early and forced marriages, and forced abortion.

Activists of the women's rights movement in Tbilisi demanded to punish those responsible for the death of a teenager in Kobuleti. Law enforcers and social workers were idling, while the schoolgirl did not know how to protect herself, they claim.

A resident of Dagestan, who was circumcised in childhood, was regularly beaten up in marriage, and after the film release, she became object of harassment in social networks, the "Novaya Gazeta" writes.

On March 8, participants of a feminist rally in Baku tried to draw attention to the gender discrimination, including domestic violence and early marriages. Some of the passers-by supported their slogans. The march was a success, despite the dispersal, the organizing committee of the action believes.

French authorities should not deport Ilyas Saduev, a native of Chechnya, to Russia, because in his homeland he is threatened with repressions, the author of the petition addressed to Emmanuel Macron state. This demand was supported by the Chechen human rights organization "Vaifond".

A killer from Chechnya refused to kill Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov in Germany and disclosed the name of the intermediary in the case, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov claims. The family of the man hired for the murder was evacuated from Chechnya, and he himself was taken under the protection of German law enforcement agencies.

In Nalchik, more than 200 people from Kabardino-Balkaria and neighbouring republics attended memorial events on the 77th anniversary of the deportation of Balkars. The people who survived the deportation shared their memories of how their families were living in Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

Four residents of the Beylagan District tried to drive two cars to the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under the control of Azerbaijan. Violators were detained, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

In Baku, the police have dispersed a rally of feminists protesting against gender inequality and domestic crimes. According to the organizers of the rally, on the March 8 holiday, it is high time to draw attention to the rights of women and their problems.