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Magomed Khamkhoev is unreasonably accused of attacking law enforcers at a rally in Magas, declared the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". The human rights defenders demanded to release the activist.

Men accused in a case on unrest near the village of Kullar are transferred to house arrest. Their relatives welcomed the above transfer. However, they still express their concern over the delay in the judicial investigation into the case.

Two more members of the Chechen Diaspora were arrested in a case on unrest in French Dijon, and the total number of the detainees in the case reached 11, the police reported.

Policemen have detained Bektemir Salikhov, a Kumyk activist who announced, at his solo picket in central Makhachkala, an endless hunger strike, demanding a meeting with the head of Dagestan.

The health condition of the opposition politician, Tofig Yagublu, is grave but stable; there is no threat to his life, the state commission has concluded. However, Tofig's daughter fears that he will not live to see the trial.

Alizamin Salaev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, has claimed beatings in the colony after he declared a hunger strike in solidarity with Tofig Yagublu.

Daud Mamilov, a son of an Ingush MP, accused of involvement with the "Islamic State"*, claims that he was forced to confess. A law enforcer threatens to put him into the dungeon (punishment cell), his advocate informs.

The women who are on their hunger strike for the tenth day in front of the Georgian parliament have to periodically call ambulances due to deterioration in their health. An action demanding a large-scale amnesty was also held near the office of the ruling party, but no one came out to the protesters.

The consideration of the appeal complaint lodged by the opposition politician, Tofig Yagublu, who has been on a hunger strike for 16 days already, is scheduled for September 28. Tofig's daughter has treated this judgement as "her father's death sanctioning."

The insulting statements of blogger, Artemy Lebedev, about the Circassians should not go unpunished, said Aslan Dokhov, a resident of Nalchik, who publicly inflicted wounds on himself in protest against the insufficient, in his opinion, reaction of the authorities to Lebedev's words.

The Austrian police detained blogger Murad Aslamkhanov and his brother Mukharbek on the charge of illegal possession of firearms. Earlier, the blogger had recorded a threatening video appeal to the leader of Chechnya.

On the 16th day of the hunger strike, the health state of Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu remains severe, and he is on the verge of coma, his attending doctor reports. Activists from among the Azerbaijani intelligentsia called on the country's authorities to release Tofig Yagublu.

The charge of high treason brought by the Azerbaijani authorities against Rauf Mirkadyrov is unfounded, and the journalist should be paid compensation for moral damage, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) pronounces in its decision.

In Turkey, law enforcers detained Gurban Mamedov. The authorities of Azerbaijani put the man on the international wanted list under the charge of calling for riots and overthrowing the government, reports Goshgar Mamedov, a son of the oppositionist.

A gathering was held in Akhmat-Yurt, a native village of Ramzan Kadyrov. Participants of the gathering, including top-ranking officials and law enforcers, adopted a resolution condemning Akhmed Zakaev and other critics of the Chechen authorities. Instagram users doubted that local residents took part in the gathering by their own will.

The positions of Azerbaijani military deployed in villages located on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone, were shelled for 30 times during the last 24 hours, including from sniper rifles and machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

It is necessary to explain to natives of Northern Caucasus the mentality specifics of residents of other regions, the journalist, Magomed Magomedov, and Shamil Khadulaev, a member of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, believe.

The Southern Regional Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced seven defendants in the "Bakhchysarai" case of the "Hizb ut-Tahrir" (treated as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia by the court) to long prison terms, while acquitting one of them. A support group for political prisoners held an action with posters in support of the convicts.

After the gatherings in Grozny and in the village of Djalka accompanied by condemnation of Akhmed Zakaev, who had accused Chechen authorities of humiliating Salman Tepsurkaev, similar events took place in other dwelling settlements of Chechnya. Many Instagram users treat the topic of these gatherings as far-fetched, while people are forced to take part in them.

On September 16, about ten female activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) came to the building of the City Hospital Clinic to rally in support of the oppositionist, Tofig Yagublu. The police detained three protesters and released them an hour later.