From February to June, the number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan increased from 357 to 375. The Union for Freedom of Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan divided their total number into 12 groups.
Lana Estemirova, the daughter of murdered Chechen human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, has announced the publication of a book about her, "Please Live." The girl was only 15 years old when her mother was kidnapped and killed.
A court in Nalchik fined local resident Timur Balkarov 30 thousand rubles. He was found guilty under an administrative article on discrediting the Russian army.
Приговоренного к пяти годам заключения бывшего главу села Яркое Поле, крымского татарина Османа Кадырова признали политзаключенным. Об этом сообщил независимый правозащитный проект «Поддержка политзеков. Мемориал».
A Moscow court has arrested Areg Shchepikhin for two months in a criminal case of extremism. The reason for this was the videos he published insulting Chechens and Muslims. The man was charged under the articles on "calls for extremism" and "incitement of hatred or enmity."
In the Southern District Court, the prosecutor has asked for 11 to 17 years of imprisonment for five Crimean Tatars. In particular, 41-year-old Enver Krosh is to be sentenced to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony, Edem Bekirov and Rinat Aliyev to 15 years, journalist Vilen Temeryanov to 13 years, and Seityaga Abbozov to 11 years.
The Southern District Military Court sentenced the fourth residents of Tatarstan - Ilgam Gumerov, Ilgiz Mukhametgaliev, Khaidar Razzakov and Mukhamedvali Shaikhutdinov - to imprisonment for a term of 13 to 24 years. They were found guilty of attacking Pskov paratroopers during the second Russian-Chechen war.
В отношении Арега Щепихина, которого 3 июня похитили на Ярославском вокзале Москвы и позже отпустили, возбуждено уголовное дело о призывах к экстремистской деятельности.
The Zheleznovodsk City Court sentenced a resident of Stavropol Krai, Oksana Kazantseva, to two years and six months of probation. She was found guilty of public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces.
The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over the kidnapping of businessman Areg Shchepikhin in Moscow. The department reported that the defendants were taken to the Moscow division.
A court in Kazan arrested a local resident, Ruslan Tavdiryakov, for 10 days. He was found guilty under an administrative article for a post comparing nationalists at the religious procession with participants in the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport.