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Talekh Khasmamedov, the head of the organization "Rights and Law", was placed into the colony dungeon, after the wife issued a statement about his serious health problems, said Talekh's mother. The Alliance "Azerbaijan without Political Prisoners" has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop the inhuman treatment of Khasmamedov.

The court that considers the lawsuit of the Doskhoev family, whose new-born baby died in the Malgobek hospital, has demanded to present documents to confirm that doctors had been brought to disciplinary responsibility, as well as to ensure the appearance of doctors and the investigator.

The main reasons for the spread of early marriages in Georgia are difficult social situation of families and poor awareness about human rights, experts believe.

Law enforcers have completed their special operation in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, which was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, said the spokesman of the republic's operative headquarters. The results of the CTO are not reported.

The Migrant Assistance Centre, opened in Volgograd, will minimize the time for obtaining work patents, the Centre claims. However, both employers and migrants complain about long queues and delays in issuance of medical certificates.

The works on the improvement of the Sukhumi Fortress will be completed by the beginning of July. After that the fortress will be able to resume archaeological excavations, said Batal Kobakhiya, Deputy Minister of Culture and Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage of Abkhazia.

Law enforcement bodies have set free Zurab Mamedov, a resident of Makhachkala, who informed his relatives after detention that he was forced to give blood for DNA analysis. The police denied the detention of Mamedov.

The Salafi mosque in Shamkhala, a suburban settlement of Makhachkala, earlier closed power agents, is now functioning, but neither on February 5, nor on February 12 the authorities did not allowed to hold the Friday namaz (prayer) there, said the congregation.

Zurab Mamedov, a resident of Makhachkala, was taken to the police and told his relatives that he was forced to give a DNA assay. Law enforcement bodies deny Mamedov's detention.

Today, power agents have checked the parishioners of the Salafi mosque, delivered to the police of Derbent, by their database, questioned them about the reasons for their visiting the mosque, and then released them. Those, who had not been registered earlier, were recorded on special cards, said one of the detainees.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has found legitimate the actions of the administration of SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 2, who banned access to the arrested student of the Moscow State University (MSU) Varvara Karaulova (Alexandra Ivanova).

The investigating bodies have started an inquiry into the case of nine residents of Dagestan, suspected of illegal involvement in warfare in Syria. One of them was detained.

Villagers of Novomekhelta, Siukh and Pervomaiskoe said that they feel no restrictions because of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime announced in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan.

Power agents detained those, who were going to the prayer to the Salafi mosque located in the neighbourhood named "Airport". The access road to the mosque was blocked, said the mosque-goers. At least 10 believers were taken for check to the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Division), but they are already at large, said a source from the GOVD.

The initiative to denounce the Moscow Treaty is another Russia's attempt to exert pressure on Turkey in "Syrian issue", Armenian experts believe. According to their version, the cancellation of the Treaty "will lead to global problems for the countries of Southern Caucasus."

The Prosecutor's Office has appealed against the decision of the court to arrest Vyacheslav Nekrasov, a former director of the Airport "Domodedovo"; Andrei Danilov, a former director of Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Domodedovo Airport Aviation Security"; and Svetlana Trishina, a former head of the Russian representative office of the company "Airport Management Company Limited", who are accused in the case of the 2011 terror act.

A resident of the village of Vazgenashen, Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh, was fatally wounded by a sniper's shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

Chechnya has revealed a group, which made use of a conspiratorial network to disseminate the ideas of Wahhabism, extremism and terrorism, the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. He has posted his talk with the detainees on the Instagram.

On the average, the foodstuff price growth in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) since the beginning of 2016 made no more than 20 percent, said officials from regional authorities and statistical bodies. But, according to their data, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Stavropol Territory, the jump of prices was much higher.

In the territory of the Khasavyurt District, power agents began searching for members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), said the spokesman of the operative headquarters of Dagestan.