The Magassky District Court of Ingushetia awarded compensation in the amount of 1.5 million rubles to the Ministry of Internal Affairs pensioner and disabled person Timur Derbichev. He suffered violence at the hands of police officers.

After being transferred to a prison in the Chelyabinsk region, activist Ruslan Suleymanov was placed on preventive registration for “adherence to extremist ideology, a tendency to escape and attack.” He was also warned twice for sitting on the bed.

Independent journalists, human rights defenders and activists have been arrested on politically motivated charges in Azerbaijan in recent months. In particular, representatives of such independent media as Abzas Media, Toplum TV, Channel 11 and Channel 13, and participants in political movements were arrested. The press service for foreign affairs and security of the European Union recalled this.

Six residents of Karachay-Cherkessia were sent to a pre-trial detention center in connection with the case of involvement in At-Takfir wal-Hijra. They are accused of participating in an extremist organization.

A meeting was held in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow to consider the complaint of a political prisoner, co-chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov regarding his inclusion in the register of “foreign agents”.

Activist Yashar Muedinov said that employees of the Dimitrovgrad prison in the Ulyanovsk region used force and psychological pressure on him. He wrote a statement, which was signed by ten other prisoners. Yashar Muedinov added that the cell where he is located is very damp. Because of this, his health condition worsened - his right hand began to hurt more severely.

The Court of Appeal in Baku rejected the complaint of the head of the Center for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Education, Anar Mammadli, about the illegality of searches and seizure of personal belongings. His phones, computers and other electronic media on which personal information was stored were confiscated.

The European Court ordered the Russian authorities to pay 52 thousand euros to Zarema Musayeva, who is being held in a Chechen penal colony. She was detained and tried for a crime she did not commit, in order to intimidate her loved ones. The ECHR also ruled that Musayeva and her relatives were subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, the Team Against Torture reported.

Political prisoner and co-chair of the Memorial Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov was able to exercise his right to call his wife, human rights activist Tatyana Kasatkina. Memorial reported this.

Since May 3, in penal colony No. 9 in the Republic of Karelia, prisoner and native of Chechnya Beslan Gadaev has been on a hunger strike. He protests against regular placement in a punishment cell and various harassment by colony staff. This was reported by the Civic Assistance Committee.