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New coronavirus infections in the Georgian Region of Guriya have to do with a crowded wedding, said Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Centre for Disease Control. Authorities have urged the population to refrain from large-scale celebrations.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the arrest of Orkhan Salimzade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The party treats his arrest as politically motivated; and the defence intends to complain to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Movsar Umarov, a resident of Grozny, was detained for watching the broadcasts of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a critic of Chechen authorities, and then disappeared, his mother has stated. The woman was told that her son had fled from law enforcers.

On the fourth day of his hunger strike, the oppositionist, Tofig Yagublu, has health problems, his daughter said. The USA, Great Britain and the EU have criticized his verdict and called on the Azerbaijani authorities to reconsider his case.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will not take part in the high-profile death case of the programmer, Tamar Bachaliashvili.

The state of health of Emin Sagiev, who has been on a hunger strike in an Azerbaijani colony since August 18, has worsened, but he rejects medical care assistance and claims to go on with his protest action until he is released.

According to the law, to date it is impossible to force a person to be vaccinated, but teachers, refusing vaccination against coronavirus, will risk losing their jobs, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the initiative of the Chechen authorities.

During the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the villages situated on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 37 times, including from large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

The preparation procedure for the construction of a mosque is rather long; therefore, it is much easier to obtain a permit and build a prayer house by observing the requirements of the law, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM, of Muftiate) of the Stavropol Territory has explained.

Residents of Chechnya, who were declared offenders and returned from Moscow, have been sent to public works, their relatives have informed.

The demonstrative victories of Ramzan Kadyrov's sons in tournaments are aimed at strengthening Kadyrovs' cult, but they look ridiculous, human rights defenders assert.

Russia ignores the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and refuses to investigate the circumstances that had led to numerous deaths of hostages in the school seized by militants in Beslan 16 years ago, activists have stated.

Law enforcers are trying to intimidate advocates and human rights defenders, stated members of the "Solidarity and Freedom", outraged by the pressure on the advocate, Sapiyat Magomedova, and deputy chairman of the Dagestani Public Oversight Commission (POC), Uma Askerkhanova.

The "Ingushetia" TV Company has aired a story about the confession of the man detained by law enforcers to preparing an explosion at a school assembly on September 1. The name of the detainee was not named, but his words coincided with the testimony given by Bagaudin Evloev, a resident of Ingushetia, who claimed being tortured.

An investigator told Leyla Gagieva, a resident of Ingushetia, that her husband, who was detained after a counterterrorist operation (CTO), was kept at the temporary detention facility (known as the IVS).

In Tbilisi, one person was killed and three others were injured in an explosion of an oxygen cylinder at the "Dejavu" club, where the repairing works were being carried out.

Opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, sentenced in a case on disorderly conduct, claimed that he would continue his hunger strike until he was released. The Azerbaijani authorities may reconsider the verdict under the pressure from the international community, believes Elshan Gasanov, the head of the Centre for Monitoring Political Prisoners.

Today, Salakh Mezhiev, the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya, has reacted with curses to the re-post of the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad by the French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo".

The international human rights organizations "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) and "Amnesty International" condemned the conviction of Azerbaijani politician Tofig Yagublu. The human rights defenders called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to immediately release him.

In Grozny, three sons of Ramzan Kadyrov took part in fights at the "Time of Legends-5" boxing evening. Internet users have questioned the veracity of the victories of the Ramzan Kadyrov's sons in fights.