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Azerbaijani human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev, who is being treated in Turkey, has got a new complication: liver problems, but the question concerning further financing of his medical treatment still remains open, his spouse reports.

Nail Mukhanov, a resident of Astrakhan, accused of illicit trafficking of ammunition and explosive devices, claims that the case against him has been fabricated.

While refusing to rehabilitate Vali Bagautdinov, who was killed in the attack on a policeman, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has failed to take into account the testimony of a witness, who had stated that he was forced to slander the defendant. The SC has also neglected other arguments of the defence, Gulnara Bagautdinova, Vali's mother, has stated.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the complaint of Beibala Abil, an Azerbaijani oppositionist, about violation of his right to free elections and obliged the country's authorities to pay a monetary compensation to him.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was killed in Germany, had cooperated with Georgian special services only under Mikhail Saakashvili. After the change of power, these services began contacting their Russian colleagues; and Khangoshvili was forced to leave the country, his acquaintances have told.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a violation of the freedom of expression in the criminal cases initiated against the late publicist, Rafig Tagi, and the journalist, Samir Sadagatoglu. The ECtHR has ruled that compensations should be paid to Sadagatoglu and Tagi's widow in the total amount of over 25,000 euros.

According to calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", over the past six days, officials of the Chechen Republic, which is subsidized from the Russian federal budget, have reported on at least 12 infrastructure and social projects financed by the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund.

Ilham Aliev has signed a decree on the dissolution of parliament, and the parliamentary elections are scheduled for February 9, 2020.

A video message posted on Instagram by a resident of Chechnya who reported that he had to buy additional medical materials for his brother who was to undergo surgery turned into a new episode of the public apology campaign.

The jury twice pronounced verdicts of acquittal in the case on the murder in 2016 of Zhalalutdin Sungurov, a resident of Dagestan, and the cassation court acquitted the defendant in spite of the requests voiced by public prosecutor, the "Mediazona" reports today.

Today, the Southern District Military Court has sentenced Muslim Enver Seitosmanov, accused of involvement in a Sevastopol unit of an organization banned in Russia by the court, to 17-year-old of imprisonment in a penal colony. The defence treats the court's decision as politically motivated.

Following the FSB Department for Ingushetia, an individual filed a complaint to the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) about the fact that the materials of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" were released without a "foreign agent" mark. As a result, the number of administrative protocols drawn up against Alexander Cherkasov, the chairman of the HRC's Council, reached eight.

The Heydar Aliyev Foundation decided to stop financing the Ogtai Gyulyalyev's stay at a clinic in Istanbul and to return him to Azerbaijan, where medical treatment might be less effective, the Committee against Repression and Torture voiced its fears on December 4.

Employees of the Nagorno-Karabakh State Museum of History and Local Lore are trying to attract young people to study the history of Artsakh, but the emergency condition of the building does not allow holding mass events in it.

Starting from 2008, the activities of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was recently murdered, were investigated by the Centre for Combating Extremism (also known as CCE or Centre "E") of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia in a case on involvement in terror acts on the territory of the Ingush republic, the "Interfax" reports.

The amount of 4.6 million roubles was allocated from the Chechen budget for the manufacture of orders and medals named after Akhmat Kadyrov. According to the materials of the public procurement website, the orders and medals are to be made of gold and precious stones.

Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan does not agree with the charge of embezzlement and treats a case against him as political persecution, his office reports.

The German Chancellor has confirmed that the decision of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to expel two Russian diplomats had to do with the Russia's unwillingness to help in the investigation of the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Social network users have expressed bewilderment at the absence of real sanctions against Russia.

In 2015-2016, Ismail and Mukhtar Kurbanov from Dagestan were in their native village and did not fight in Syria, their advocate has stated in court and presented the confirming documents.

The Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan approved the decision of the Milli Majlis [the parliament of Azerbaijan] to recommend the President to dissolve the legislative body and announce early parliamentary elections.