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Yunis Safarov, detained on suspicion of assassination attempt on the Mayor of the city of Ganja, is exposed to physical and psychological pressure, his mother, Leylakhanum Ismailova, has stated. She called on the Azerbaijani authorities to end torturing her son.

At its sitting, the Armenian government decided to dismiss the governors-members of the "Prosperous Armenia" and "ARF Dashnaktsutyun" Parties. The governors are dismissed for the same reason as the ministers from these parties, said the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

The court has rejected the petition of Islam Gugov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was accused of links with Syrian militants and claimed violations during the investigation. The prosecutor has treated the defence's version that Gugov's case was law enforcers' revenge on him as untenable.

The issue of the Chechen-Ingush border must be brought to a referendum, and Yunus-Bek Evkurov should resign, said protesters in Magas, the capital of Ingushetia.

On October 4, the fight tournament in mixed martial arts (MMA) was held in Grozny with enhanced security measures. Fans were obliged to come to the tournament, reported students and public employees.

Dunja Miyatovic, the Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights has asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg to consider the case of depriving Emin Guseinov, a journalist and rights defender, of his Azerbaijani citizenship in the context of persecution of dissidents in the country.

The Georgian resident, who was arrested in South Ossetia, has stated that she had not been subjected to physical violence after detention. She was arrested for one month, the court has stated.

The appeal of the Chechen leader to Chechens and Ingushes that it "suits them to fight" was perceived by some residents of Ingushetia as a threat of using force against opponents of the land exchange. In Chechnya, these words were interpreted differently, without an emphasis on power actions.

At the today's session, members of the Chechen parliament have approved the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border.

The parliament has approved by a majority of votes the law on change in the border with Chechnya, reports Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov. He did not respond to the statement about the breakdown of the voting voiced by several MPs.

Out of 25 MPs who attended a session of the Ingush parliament, 17 voted in favour of ratifying the agreement on the administrative border with Chechnya, reported the press service of the Ingush leader.

Participants of a protest action went to the centre of Magas, reported Ingush activists. Law enforcement forces are accumulated in the capital of Ingushetia, reported Magomed Mutsolgov, a blogger of the "Caucasian Knot".

The velvet revolution will end if earlier parliamentary elections are held in the coming months, believes journalist Boris Navasardyan. The early elections will end in victory for supporters of the Prime Minister, suggests political strategist Armen Badalyan.

According to sources, a 26-year-old resident of the Atazhukino village was put on the wanted list on suspicion of killing a policeman in Kabardino-Balkaria.

In Ingushetia, law enforcers warned activists against launching new protests in connection with the change in the Chechen-Ingush border. However, social networks disseminated a call to gather on the day of the Ingush parliament session.

The Syrian Democratic Army has announced the capture in Syria of six militants of the "Islamic State" (IS) (a terrorist grouping banned in Russia by the court). Among them, there are two natives of Dagestan, including a woman, and a native of Azerbaijan.

The body of a policeman with traces of violent death was found in the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

On October 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged Russia to pay 74,500 euros to relatives of Rasul Tsakoev, a resident of the village of Khasanya in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), having found law enforcers guilty of his torture and death.

The death case of Ivan Geliev, a resident of Anapa, after his detention by law enforcers has been resumed by decision of the Prosecutor's Office, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has stated.

Maya Otinashvili, a resident of the Georgian village of Khurvaleti, was arrested in South Ossetia for ten days, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has reported. After being detained, the woman was beaten up, the Georgian Ombudsperson has stated.