Today marks 15 years since the murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova. The Memorial Human Rights Center will hold an evening in her memory.

Mamuka Gatsarelia was transferred to the Mordovia colony. Earlier in the Russian Federation he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the fact that he, as a citizen of Georgia, fought for Ukraine.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York condemned the extension of arrest terms for journalists in Azerbaijan. They are unfoundedly accused of currency smuggling in connection with the alleged receipt of funding from Western donors.

A Swiss court has repeatedly refused to grant political asylum to Ali Batayev, a native of Chechnya. He faces deportation to the Russian Federation, where he may be subjected to torture.

The French authorities released Sheikh-Akhmed Musaitov, a native of Chechnya, from the deportation center. At the same time, he must register with the police and is still threatened with deportation to the Russian Federation, where he may be subject to persecution. The man appealed the deportation decision.

The Moscow City Court approved the appeal sentence for the co-founder of the Memorial human rights center Oleg Orlov: 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony under the article on “repeated discrediting” of the army.

A court in Moscow extended the arrest term of MMA fighter from Chechnya Ilyas Yakubov by two months. He is accused of publicly justifying terrorism.

They refuse to tell the wife of Crimean Tatar journalist Remzi Bekirov, sentenced to 19 years, to which colony her husband is being transferred.

The Coordination Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus (KCMSC) opposed the initiative of Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Vladislav Davankov. He spoke about the possibility of granting educational institutions the right to prohibit the wearing of religious clothing, as well as clothing with religious attributes.

The heads of administrations of cities and districts of Karachay-Cherkessia were sent notifications demanding to provide information about teachers and students. The Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs is making inquiries about those who attend schools wearing clothes with religious paraphernalia, the Caucasian Knot reports.