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Today, in the Dagestani town of Izberbash, law enforcers have cordoned off the house, which, according to their information, could hide members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), involved in the attack on the police in August. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime was introduced.

In Moscow, law enforcers detained student Murad Ragimov on suspicion of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) in Syria and of an attack on policemen in Dagestan. However, he was finally charged with drug possession, which, according to his relatives, had been planted to the detainee.

The men detained on suspicion of shelling the director of the House of Culture of the village of Karabudakhkent on June 14 have denied their involvement in the incident; however, then they came under pressure from law enforcers and signed protocols with confessions. This was reported by advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

The court has started the consideration on the merits in the case against Adygea activist Adnan Khuade, accused of attempting to bribe a police officer for a traffic violation. Witness for the prosecution has initially stated that she was asked to become a witness at the place where Adnan Khuade had been detained.

The Azerbaijani Parliament has received a draft law on criminalizing attempts to change the constitutional order and to violate the territorial integrity of the country on the basis of religious fanaticism and hatred.

A man involved in an attack on journalists in Beslan is fined by the court for pouring with green paint Elena Kostyuchenko, a correspondent of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta".

Azerbaijani oppositionist Mamed Ibragim, who is serving a prison sentence and claims fraud in his case, has been granted a short leave to attend a memorial ceremony for his father. Meanwhile, earlier, he had not been granted a leave to attend his father's funeral.

The detention of activists of the "Voice of Beslan" and their punishment for the protest action is not justified from the legal and moral points of view. This opinion was voiced by the Human Rights Council under the Russian President (HRC). In their appeal to General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika, members of the HRC request the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to intervene in the situation.

Today, the state publishing house "Azerbaijan" has suspended for indefinite period the release of the opposition newspaper "Azadliq" in connection with its debt to the publishing house for printing and office rent. Journalists explain their debt by the debt to them from a state-owned distributor of the newspaper issues.

Today, Chechnya celebrates the Day of Republic. The main celebrations are traditionally held in Grozny. Students were obliged to attend a rally of September 5 and thus detained after classes.

The Russian quota of pilgrims travelling to Mecca for Hajj is filled up to 95%. Some pilgrims are residents of the south of Russia.

The female activists of the "Voice of Beslan" committee, sentenced to fines and public works, will challenge the court's decision at the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia.

In Urus-Martan, three winners of the regional stage of the youth project "Konakhchun Dakhar" were awarded cash prizes. The participants of the project have described the difficulties of living conditions of ancient settlements. The project contains signs of a show. This opinion was voiced by the experts on the Caucasus interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Participants of the roundtable held on September 5 in Moscow claim that were deficiencies in the agrarian policy of the state that forced Kuban farmers to hold a tractor march. The participants of the roundtable have noted that in the course of the protest action, farmers faced the opposition from the law enforcement bodies.

The criminal case on use of torture against Ayub Tuntuev, who worked in the security service of Akhmat Kadyrov and sentenced on the charge of involvement in a terror act, was instituted after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had sent a request to the Russian authorities in connection with the Ayub Tuntuev's complaints. This was reported by the "Legal Initiative".

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has prepared instructions for the people included by the police in the prevention registration lists. A manual compiled by lawyers includes detailed comments and examples of appeals to be filed to the Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA) and courts.

Law enforcers have worked out the ways to combat specific armed groupings; however, the problem of systematic recruitment of new fighters for militants remains unresolved. This was stated by editors-in-chief editor of the Dagestani editions, when they commented on a special operation in the Samur forest.

Protests will be terminated against the authorities' guarantees to pay off wage arrears completely and give out rations of coal. This was stated by participants of hunger strike in Gukovo. At present, the number of hunger-strikers is 176 people.

In a camp of the militants killed in the Samur forest, law enforcers found a saw of a local resident, who went to collect firewood and disappeared and who was found dead later. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

Azerbaijani human rights defenders have sent an appeal to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE) with a request to the Venice Commission to analyze the draft amendments to the Azerbaijani Constitution. According to the human rights defenders, the amendment to the Constitution would lead to the dominance of the President and to violations of human rights.