Today, the Rostov District Military Court found journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev guilty and sentenced him to 17 years in prison. The other defendants, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, received 17.5 and 18 years in prison, respectively.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled to pay 52 thousand in compensation to Maxim Lapunov. In Chechnya, he was kidnapped and tortured by local police.

Azamat Eyupov, sentenced to 17 years in prison, was transported from Crimea to the prison in the city of Verkhneuralsk, Chelyabinsk region. Last year, a Crimean Tatar suffered four ischemic strokes in a pre-trial detention center; his leg does not function, but he was never sent to the hospital.

Cases of administrative violence and torture against citizens have again become more frequent in Azerbaijan. This is stated in a statement by the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan.

In the Southern District Military Court in Rostov today, the verdict was to be announced on the editor of the Dagestan publication Chernovik, Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, and two other defendants in the case, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov.

“Crimean Solidarity” activists from Bakhchisaray Seydamet Mustafayev, Eldar Yakubov, Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov, Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulaev were left in pre-trial detention until October 23.

The Memorial Human Rights Center published a report, “Enforced Disappearances in Chechnya.” It states that Russia leads Europe in the number of enforced disappearances in the 21st century.

Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina, who previously announced her intention to go to Grozny to appeal the case of the mother of Chechen oppositionists Zarema Musayeva, changed her decision, the publication reports.