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The accusations against Magomed Khamkhoev, a participant in the rally in Magas, were untenable; and the court verdict that sent him to colony was unfair and harsh, his relative and advocate have stated.

The authorities of Azerbaijan need political prisoners as a frightening factor to maintain the stability of the government, so a pardoning requested by human rights defendants from the Azerbaijani president is unlikely to affect many political prisoners. This opinion was voiced by analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Konstantin Samsonov, Alexander Akopov, and Shamil Sultanov, accused in a case against the Jehovah's Witnesses*, are at large. However, the defendants are not able to return to their workplaces and are experiencing difficulties with medical assistance because of the restrictions imposed on them by the court, advocate Denis Vladimirov reports.

After an arrest of a law enforcer suspected of possessing drugs, mass searches were conducted in the Dagestani village of Tarki. Local residents associate the searches with the revenge of relatives of the arrested law enforcer against the opponents of drug addiction, the "Mediazona" reports today.

In Chiatura, policemen detained two men suspected of attacking a journalist and a TV channel operator who prepared a report from the village of Shukruti, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

In four regions of southern Russia, a total of 19 people have been detained who had planned terror acts in Northern Caucasus; extremist materials, weapons and ammunition have been seized from them, the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) has reported today.

The correspondence in social networks and telephone messages presented at the Essentuki City Court have nothing to do with the leaders of the protest action in Magas, while the many hours of announcements of materials at the trial only protract the process, the advocates have stated.

The Baku Court of Appeal upheld the verdict to Mukhammad Imanly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), sentenced to imprisonment on the charge of spreading COVID-19. The defence will file a cassation appeal and has already addressed the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a complaint about the pre-trial arrest of Mukhammad Imanly, advocate Asabali Mustafaev said.

In Yessentuki, a court found Magomed Khamkhoev, who took part in a rally in Magas, guilty of inciting an attack on law enforcers. Taking into account the term served by the man at a SIZO (pre-trial prison), he is to spend eight months in a penal colony.

The press secretary of Vladimir Putin decided to familiarize himself with the material released by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" about the detention by Chechen law enforcers of 108 people, some of whom fell victim to extrajudicial executions later.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced a decision that the Supreme Court of Russia should reconsider the unjust verdicts to Nikita Tikhonov and Yevgenia Khasis, sentenced for the murder of advocate Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.

A Moscow court has ruled to arrest for three months Said Asadulaev, a Russian kickboxing champion, accused of involvement in the shootout in the "Moscow City" Business Centre in 2017.

The Baku Human Rights Club has appealed to Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, with a request to release 110 persons sentenced to various prison terms, including life imprisonment, the "Turan" News Agency reported on February 15.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) upheld the verdict of guilty to journalist Polad Aslanov. The sentenced journalist claimed that he would continue his hunger strike in protest against the unjustified criminal prosecution.

A resident of Buynaksk was detained in a case on transferring more than 370,000 roubles to support terrorist organizations, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.