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Law enforcers have detained a 16-year-old resident of the village of Mesker-Yurt in the Shali District. According to the boy's relatives, the reason was in his comments he posted in social networks.

Investigators have put three residents of the Dagestani city of Derbent on the wanted list after they disappeared in Grozny in winter. A criminal case was initiated under the article of "Murder of two or more persons."

Tural Atakishiev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), came to the police on a summon, but was arrested under the pretext of disobeying law enforcers, his advocate has stated.

Yuri Karaev, a native of North Ossetia, now the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Belarus, has expressed his regret that "random people" had suffered during the dispersal of protests. Social network users were outraged by Karaev's words and the actions of his subordinates.

Three people have been hospitalized in Makhachkala following a firearm conflict, the police said.

An official religious explanation on the prohibition of female circumcision in Islam will significantly reduce this practice in Dagestan. The decision of the republic's Muftiate to issue such a Fatwa was the result of a campaign to condemn mutilation surgeries, rights defenders assert.

In Dagestan, a court mitigated the pre-trial restriction measure to Azerbaijani citizen Anvar Muradov, who was arrested after clashes in a camp on the border. Anvar Muradov insists that he was not throwing stones at law enforcers.

In Austria, the police detained six natives of Chechnya after complaints from their compatriots about beatings for posting photos in swimsuits or dating non-Chechens.

The statement about the public apology practice voiced by the Deputy Mufti of Dagestan does not mean an approval of the practice and a call for self-censorship. The religious leaders only urge not to create conflicts with thoughtless phrases, the heads of the Dagestani media suggest.

Viskhan Khadjimuradov, a nephew and an associate of the President of Ichkeria, was forced to speak on camera in Chechnya, claimed a son of Aslan Maskhadov, living in Europe. The "Grozny" TV Channel announced an interview with Viskhan Khadjimuradov, in which he criticized supporters of the Chechnya's independence who had migrated to Europe.

Believers do not have to agree with a fatwa against female circumcision to be prepared by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Dagestan, and the recognition of the fatwa depends on the personal authority of the Mufti, Islamic experts emphasize. The problem of female circumcision is controversial in Muslim countries.

The Sabail District Court of Baku has rejected the petition to transfer Ragim Gaziev, a former head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), to house arrest. Human rights defenders insist that Gaziev's arrest was unlawful, and that there were political reasons for persecuting him.

Units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire for 29 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The voting results for the candidates for Belarusian presidency, organized in Georgia, are more reliable than those announced by the republic's Central Election Commission (CEC), activists believe.

Arthur Mkrtchyan, sentenced to life imprisonment, has declared an endless hunger strike in protest against the change of his custody regime, the Armenian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has informed. The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) is creating artificial obstacles in the cases of life-sentenced prisoners, human rights defenders assert.

A 33-year-old resident of the village of Surkhakhi in Ingushetia was killed when his car was shelled from a submachine gun, and his mother and wife were hospitalized with wounds, investigators have informed.

Participants of the actions held in Tbilisi and Batumi have called on the Georgian authorities not to recognize the outcomes of the presidential election in Belarus, where opponents of Alexander Lukashenko are holding protests since August 9.

One person was killed and at least two others were wounded when a car was shelled in the Nazran District, sources report.

A court in Dagestan has left the residents of Azerbaijan, Nakhid Agaev, Aziz Ferekzad and Emin Imamaliev, accused of using violence against law enforcers during protests in the tent camp in Kullar, in custody for another month. They refuse to plead guilty.

Public prosecutors succeeded in seeking a toughening of the verdict against Ramazan Gagiev, who hit a fighter of the National Guard of Russia at a rally in Magas. The court prolonged the term of imprisonment for the activist from four to eight months.