July 15 marked the 15th anniversary of the murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova. She investigated high-profile cases of abductions, torture and extrajudicial killings in Chechnya. In 2009, Estemirova was kidnapped from her home, then her body was found near the Ingush Gazi-Yurt. More details in our video.

Crimean Tatar Riza Omerov was transferred to IK-9 in Chuvashia from the Minusinsk prison in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

The Nalchik military court found 22-year-old Ibragim Khachimakhov guilty of evading service and sentenced him to 5 years in prison.

The Khimki City Court of the Moscow Region changed the measure of restraint for the lawyer, a native of Chechnya Timur Idalov, from a ban on certain actions to placement in a pre-trial detention center and put him on the wanted list. At the same time, the man was not hiding - he was unable to attend the court hearing due to hospitalization.

The investigation of criminal cases against Taimuraz Nakusov, Anzor Batyrov and Aslanbek Kazanchev from the KBR has been completed. According to investigators, in February 2000 they took part in an attack on Pskov paratroopers of the 6th company in Chechnya as part of the detachments of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab during the second Russian-Chechen war.

Doctoral student at Istanbul University, economist Fazil Gasimov has been on hunger strike for 31 days in the Baku pre-trial detention center. He only drinks water. This was stated by lawyer Rovshana Rahimli.

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.