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The human rights organization “Amnesty International” (AI) condemned the authorities of Azerbaijan for dispersing peaceful protests, in particular, a protest action on December 1. The human rights defenders called for respect for freedom of assembly.

Journalists, bloggers and editors-in-chief of Azerbaijani editions have demanded from the government to recall the bill "On Media", set up a new working group and return the document for updating, treating its current version as repressive. This law will close free journalists' access to information, activists believe.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Georgia to pay compensation in the total amount of EUR 193,500 to the persons who suffered at the disruption of the celebration of the Day of Combating Transphobia and Homophobia on May 17, 2013.

Ramzan Kadyrov has personally welcomed Rubati Mitsaeva, a former colleague of Akhmed Zakaev, his political opponent, who returned to her homeland with his permission, and danced with her, as follows from the posted video.

Seven protest leaders in Ingushetia have been demonstratively sentenced to long prison terms for the peaceful protest, where they called not to admit unrests, Russian journalists and political analysts assert.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has cancelled the decision of the appellate instance in the case of Pasha Umudov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The case was returned to the court for reconsideration, the activist's advocate has informed.

In 2020, a total of 1700 people were listed as missing in Chechnya; and within the nine months of 2021 – the number is 1659. The republic is in the lead in this parameter in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), and the third in Russia: it follows from the statistics of the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

At the trial in a case on the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office complained not about the absence, but about the dimensions and location of the labelling on the status of a foreign agent on the NGO’s website. Besides, prosecutors also used as an argument the court’s decision on a fine of 500,000 roubles which had not entered into force, lawyers and human rights defenders note.

The Office of the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has appealed to government bodies, Russian peacemakers and international human rights organizations with a request to pay attention to the problem of Tagavard residents, who have no access to the communal cemetery, which came under Azerbaijan's control after the 2020 war.

The political influence of Rubati Mitsaeva, a former comrade-in-arms of Akhmed Zakaev, is not great, but the Chechen authorities got an opportunity to present her return to the republic as their achievement, sources of the “Caucasian Knot” suggest. According to lawyers, Rubati Mitsaeva will not face criminal prosecution in her homeland.

Azerbaijani activist Salekh Rustamov agreed to end his hunger strike on the 41st day, doctor Adil Geibulla reported. Advocates and human rights defenders plan to continue to seek the release of Salekh Rustamov from prison.

The Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced a minor girl from the Stavropol Territory to 6 years in an educational colony, having found her guilty of preparing a terror act in Grozny.

The case against Rustam Ismayilbeili, a student, accused of violating anti-covid measures at the action in support of Salekh Rustamov on December 1, has been dismissed, the "Meydan" TV has informed.

There were no doubts that the sentence on the Ingush activists' case would be politically motivated, but everyone hoped for a softer punishment than the prosecution demanded, the advocates have stated. The convicts' relatives have lost faith in a fair trial.

Salekh Rustamov, an Azerbaijani activist, who has been on his protest hunger strike for 40 days, has agreed to take supportive treatment, Adil Geibulla, a doctor, has informed. According to the doctor, Rustamov's health condition is relatively stable; doctors are doing everything to prevent coma.

The welcoming ceremony at the Grozny Airport of Rubati Mitsaeva, a former associate of Akhmed Zakaev, with the participation of ministers and a Chechen MP has surprised social media users. At the same time, many reacted kindly to Mitsaeva's return to homeland.

The authorities of Chechnya perceive all protests as disloyalty, and therefore, an open expression of dissatisfaction with the increase in rent at the Berkat market is a bold step for which entrepreneurs are threatened with reprisals. This was stated by social media users.

The Russian citizen, whom a witness identified as Vadim Krasikov, an agent of the Russian special services, was sentenced by a Berlin court to life imprisonment in a case on the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen field commander.

In Baku, the police disrupted a protest action. The protestors demanded to release activist Salekh Rustamov, who has been on hunger strike for the 40th day. More than 20 people are detained.

At an action in Baku, where the participants demanded to release Salekh Rustamov, a hunger-striking activist, from custody, 43 people were detained; nine of them were fined for violating the quarantine regime.