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On December 3, the lawyer Ramiz Mamedov was unable to meet his client Leyla Yunus, who is kept in SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Baku and expressed fears that her health has worsened; and there is threat to her life.

SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Ingushetia, where inmates are on hunger strike, has no problems with health care and no ban to receive foodstuffs from relatives, which were the points of the complaint declared by inmates to the members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC), who visited the SIZO.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) continued hearings on the case of a local resident, who was killed in a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in April 2013.

The man, who triggered an explosion in a private house of the Nogai District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic and killed two children, is an unemployed resident of North Ossetia. During the explosion, a 13-year-old girl was also in the house; she was not hurt.

The international movement against corruption Transparency International (TI) has published the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2014, according to which Georgia takes the 50th place, Armenia – the 94th one, Azerbaijan – the 126th one and Russia – the 136th place.

A policeman, who preferred to remain anonymous had delivered to the wife of the Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov, accused of drug possession, a written statement about the organizers of his kidnapping and those who planted drugs on him and initiated his criminal prosecution, said Imam's advocate.

In Sochi, about 50 the so-called "Olympic resettlers" and natural disaster victims, living in the boarding house named "Neptune", held a meeting and signed an appeal to the City Public Prosecutor stating their intolerable living conditions.

The attack on the mosque in Baku settlement of Garachukhur was aimed at creating religious-based tension in Azerbaijan and indicates a growing terror threat, experts believe. The incident has proved that even small radical groups can commit resonant crimes, said Khikmet Gadjizade, a political scientist.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic has satisfied the petition on exemption of Arthur Ismailov, convicted on charges of aiding and abetting terrorism, from punishment.

The Binagadi District Court of Baku has added an episode of dissemination in 2011 of the material allegedly defaming the former oppositionist Elman Turkoglu (Gasanov) to the case of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova, accused of slander.

At a detention attempt, an unidentified man threw a grenade at policemen and wounded two of them.

The Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory, dealing with the case of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov, has begun the pleadings. The prosecution asked for the defendant, accused of drug possession, five years in prison and a fine of 100,000 roubles.

The Parliament of Armenia continues discussing the treaty of Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Suren Karayan, the Deputy Finance Minister, said that Armenia's accession to the EAEU would positively affect the economy; however, problems can arise only on the part of the WTO treaty.

At SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Ingushetia, starting from November 25, detainees are on a hunger strike, complaining about the lack of medical care and insults – this was established by the Public Oversight Commission (POC) after visiting the SIZO, institution, said Magomed Mutsolgov, a member of the POC.

The defence of the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov and his nephew Yusup Djaparov, convicted on charges of plotting a terror act, filed a complaint against the sentence to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled to consider the complaint lodged by the Azerbaijani rights defender Intigam Aliev in the priority order. The Azerbaijani government is to answer the questions put by the ECtHR before March 25.

During the trial held by the Moscow Regional Court of the case of the "Battle Organization of Russian Nationalists" (BORN), one of the victims, Ramazan Nurichuev, was questioned and told about the murder of the athlete Muslim Abdullayev.

International rights defenders from the Foundation "Human Rights House" have addressed the Azerbaijani authorities with a demand the release the rights defender Intigam Aliev. On November 30, Aliev marked his 52nd birthday behind bars; his health condition has seriously deteriorated, rights defenders report.

On Monday, the MPs of the National Assembly of Armenia adopted amendments to the legislation on maternity benefits in the second and final reading. Members of the factions of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun", "Country of Law" and "Prosperous Armenia" refused to vote.

On Monday, after opening of the Gimry Tunnel, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime that was in force in the Buynaksk District for 75 days was lifted.