The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction decided to drop charges against former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan. He was accused of receiving a bribe of $3 million from a businesswoman. The statute of limitations on this case has expired.

A court in Baku arrested Shamo Emin, a former employee of Kanal-13 Internet television, for three months. He is accused of smuggling. Earlier, the head of the channel, Aziz Orujov, was taken into custody under the same article; he was also charged with “illegal housing construction.”

In the pre-trial detention center, political prisoner-journalist Vilen Temeryanov’s vision has sharply deteriorated and his eyes hurt. He is also bothered by stomach and toothaches, which he associates with his diet. This was reported by his wife Elmaz Gazieva.

World and European boxing champion Umar Salamov was released on November 1 after 10 months in captivity in Chechnya. He was subjected to torture and humiliation at the Grozny Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.

The publication of a photograph in a closed WhatsApp group became the reason for initiating a criminal case on propaganda of extremist symbols against Ruslan Bittuev from the KBR. According to investigators, the family photo shows tattoos in the form of eight-pointed stars, recognized as the symbols of the Prison Criminal Unity criminal movement banned in Russia.

The Supreme Court of Ingushetia changed the sentence of former police officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Amiran Merzhoev for beating a disabled pensioner. Instead of four years of suspended imprisonment, the defendant was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. He has already served this term in a pre-trial detention center and will soon be released.

Prisoners of SIZO-1 of Irkutsk, among whom was a native of Chechnya, Khumaid Khaidaev, stopped their hunger strike after 11 days. They complained of discrimination based on religion and cold conditions in the cells, the Civic Assistance Committee reported.

In the past year, 45 cases of violence, harassment and attempts to intimidate media representatives were recorded in Georgia. This was reported by the human rights organization Transparency International – Georgia.

At least the second participant in the riots at the Makhachkala airport was accused of encroaching on the life of a law enforcement officer (Article 317 of the Criminal Code). Punishment under this article implies from 12 to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.

Since December 14, a native of Chechnya, Khumaid Khaidaev, has been on a hunger strike in pre-trial detention center No. 1 of Irkutsk. He protests against being fed food that is forbidden to Muslims and the cold in his cell. Previously, the court recognized Khaidaev’s torture as legal.