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After rights defenders' request for his pardoning, Elchin Mamed, an Azerbaijani human rights defender and journalist, has stopped his hunger strike that he kept in the colony.

In Shirvan, blogger Eyvaz Yakhyaoglu, a member of the Azerbaijan Nationalist Democratic Party (ANDP), was arrested for failure to obey the police. His party colleagues believe that his persecution is connected with criticism of local authorities.

A mother of Krasnodar activist Yana Antonova failed to get the arrest lifted from her bank account with the money intended for an activist’s disabled son.

The investigation published by the "Important Stories"* about the real estates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that may belong to Chechen officials, is the basis for holding inspections, the journalists and lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. However, in their opinion, in the realities of Chechnya, it is impossible to bring these officials to justice, even if the facts released in the investigation are confirmed.

On May 9, participants of regular actions in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), moved the picket location to another district of Makhachkala because of the celebration of Victory Day. However, the district police disrupted a solo picket, as they mistook a solidarity action for a protest rally, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev believe.

The attack on the Azerbaijani journalist, Aiten Mamedova, is a heinous act of intimidation, Teresa Ribeiro, the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Representative on Freedom of the Media, has stated, calling for a prompt inquiry into the incident.

Magdi Kamalov, a founder of the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), had to interrupt his solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev at a request of a policeman and follow him to a police department. This was reported by Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the “Chernovik”.

During the week of May 2-8, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A man armed with a knife attacked the Azerbaijani journalist, Aiten Mamedova, and demanded from her not to cover the trial. The police reported on the investigation of the incident.

A court in Grozny has sentenced Shamil Arbinin, a Chechen poet, to 10 years in prison, finding him guilty of attacking in 2000 Pskov paratroopers as a member a detachment of the field commanders, Shamil Basaev and Khattab.

Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, who was sentenced to five years within the case of using violence against law enforcers, has been place into the dungeon (punishment cell).

The prison administration has refused a council of doctors to visit Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, an ex-president of Georgia, the NGO "Empathy Centre for Psychological Rehabilitation of Torture Victims" has informed. In Tbilisi, protesters demanded to let Saakashvili to go abroad for medical treatment.