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The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan have refuted the allegations of Ulviya Akhundova, a resident of the Gazakh District, about the death of her brother after torture by local policemen. According to the MIA and GPO, the deceased was injured as a result of a conflict with another resident of the Gazakh District.

Refugees from Abkhazia, who left their homeland 25 years ago, have shared their memories about the events of 1992-1993 at a photo exposition opened in Tbilisi.

The case on the use of violence by law enforcers against activists and journalists in the Yerevan Sari Tag District in is not closed; it is just suspended, therefore the work of identifying those guilty continues, the Special Investigation Service (SIS) of Armenia has reported. The victims treat the investigators decision as unfair.

The Ingush activists Bagaudin Khautiev, Isropil Nalgiev, Sarazhdin Sultygov and Musa Albogachiev were punished with administrative fines for participating in an unsanctioned rally.

The policemen, interrogated behind closed doors at Oyub Titiev's trial, failed to tell the court anything significant. Human rights defenders, who were present at the court session, criticized the court's decision to close the trial of Titiev's case.

Mamed Ibragim, an adviser to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was placed into dungeon (punishment cell) two days before the end of the prison term, his son has reported. Ibragim's relatives and colleagues fear that a new criminal case can be opened against him.

The court in Volgograd has ruled to fine three participants of the unsanctioned march against the pension reform by 10,000 roubles each.

The Polish Refugee Council has refused to grant asylum to Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, although agreed to provide refuge to the blogger's family, Tumso himself has stated.

The soldier Agasi Mkrtchyan, whose body was found on the defensive point of one of military units, died as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the office of the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

After the signing of the Chechen-Ingush agreement on exchange of territories between, two posts on the Chechen side of the border were dismantled.

The body of Agasi Mkrtchyan with a gunshot wound is found in the territory of a military unit, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.

An 18-year-old native of Chechnya is arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror act, the French media report. The Embassy of Russia is currenty verifying the information.

Today, the court has pronounced a decision to let journalists attend the hearing in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny.

In the territory of the Buynaksk District in Dagestan, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced for the second time in September. In the Kumtorkala District, the special operation became the first one in 2018.

In Tbilisi, Zaza Saralidze and Malkhaz Machalikashvili have called on members of political parties to join their protest action. The appeal was voiced after the police did not let the protestors to set up a tent in front of the parliament building.

Law enforcers began searching for militants in the Buynaksk and Kumtorkala Districts, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Dagestan reported.

Teimur Akhundov, a resident of Gazakh, died after being summoned to the local district police department on September 25. His sister reported the signs of torture on his body. The police claim that the man died at the district diagnostic centre, where he was brought because he felt bad.

Forensic experts came to the conclusion about diagnosing with serious diseases Manvel Grigoryan, a former member of the National Assembly of Armenia and the head of the "Yerkrapah" Volunteer Union. The defence of the arrested former delegate intends to request the court to release him from custody.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has prolonged by three months the detention of Abdusamad Gamidov, a former Dagestani Prime Minister, and three other former high-ranking officials. The defendants are using their administrative resources to exert pressure on witnesses, an investigator has stated in court.

The events in Kendelen have shown the Kremlin that Yuri Kokov is unable to maintain stability in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), Andrei Serenko believes. Dmitry Oreshkin, an independent political analyst, is sure that Moscow officials, while combating the opposition, which manifested itself during the incident in Kendelen, are safeguarding themselves.