The Court of Appeal in Vlasich (Moscow Region) did not satisfy the complaints and kept Crimean Tatars Seyran Khayredinov and Alim Sufyanov in detention. Russian Muslim Alexander Sisikov with a disability 1st Group vision will be under house arrest.

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia refused to accept the complaint of journalist Ruslan Totrov. Earlier, he was fined three times under the article about «discrediting» of the Russian army.

The Azerbaijani authorities should release the photojournalist Veli Shukurzade and ensure that fabricated charges are not brought against the press. This is stated in the statement of the International Committee for the Protection of Journalists.

The Khasavyurt City Court mitigated the measure of restraint and released policeman Shamil Aliyev from the detention center under house arrest. He and his partner had previously been found guilty of abuse of authority with violence and falsification of evidence, each being sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment.

A native of Ingushetia living in Ukraine, activist Ruslan Youloy reported on a visit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs CPE staff to his father in the village of Yandar, Nazran district. This, in his view, is due to opposition activities.

The Khatai District Court of Baku considered a petition to transfer public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev to house arrest. The defence based the request on the lack of investigative necessity to keep him in detention, as well as on his health due to the prolonged hunger strike. However, the court left the man in pre-trial detention.

Data on the Chechen refugee Amina Gerikhanova has been removed from the Schengen Information System (SIS) database. This means that women are not subject to requests for search and extradition from the Russian authorities.

On more than 10 occasions, Chechen investigative authorities refused to open a criminal case against police officers involved in the abduction and torture of 21-year-old labourer Hasan