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In Azerbaijan, the practice of imprisonment of human rights defenders and public activists on false charges is widespread, and all political prisoners in the country deserve awards for protection of human rights. This was declared by Intigam Aliev, the head of the organization "Legal Education Society", in connection with his award of the International Bar Association (IBA).

A FSB Special Forces fighter was killed in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Dagestani village of Gimry. He was wounded in a firefight with suspected militants and later died.

Today, at 6:40 a.m., a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced in the Dagestani village of Gimry. Law enforcers blocked the armed men in a house. Three suspected militants, blocked in the house in the village, were killed as a result of the armed clash, the press centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.

In Baku, the court has scheduled the consideration of the appeal against the sentence to human rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus for October 12. The Azerbaijani authorities should free the Yunus spouses from charges and release them. This was declared by the statement made by the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW).

In Dagestan, advocates of Djamal Razhitkhanov, a local resident, detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting members of the armed underground, have filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office about the pressure on the defendant to waive their services. On October 9, the complaint was addressed to Ramazan Shakhnavazov, Prosecutor of Dagestan.

Today, in Moscow, the jury of the literary prize "Russian Booker" has announced the short list of the finalists for the 2015 award for best novel in Russian, which included the Alisa Ganieva's book on modern Dagestan "Bride and Groom".

Investigating authorities are trying to give Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh, members of the UNA-UNSO, accused in Chechnya, most negative image for the emotional impact on the judge and the jury, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

The transfer of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to Ukraine will be "a humane and reasonable decision", Ella Pamfilova, the Russian Ombudsperson, said today.

Law enforcement bodies suspect Murtazaliev, a resident of Dagestan, of involvement in warfare in Syria.

On October 9, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) finished considering the complaint lodged by Asif Yusifli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), convicted on charges of fraud and document forgery. The CoA upheld the verdict. Yusifli’s advocates intend to file an appeal to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Grozny, power agents did not evacuate the children of the kindergarten, located next to the blocked nine-storey building, said parents of the pre-schoolers.

Most of Russian residents support the military involvement of their country in Syrian conflict, as they see a threat from the "Islamic State" (IS), the "Levada Centre” has cleared out. Among residents of Northern Caucasus, there are both supporters and opponents of the Kremlin’s decisions.

If the investigators into the murder of Boris Nemtsov manage to question Ramzan Kadyrov, Zhanna Nemtsova, Boris’ daughter, will be ready to personally talk to him. Currently, because of received threats, she is outside Russia.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Shamil Magomedov, shot dead in the capital of Dagestan, was involved in several serious crimes, including attempts on lives of law enforcers, and kidnappings.

The issue of Vitishko release from colony may be delayed again, the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) expressed its concern commenting on the yesterday's decision of the Tambov Regional Court.

On October 8, the "Institute for Democratic Initiatives" (IDI) released the first monitoring report on how Azerbaijani media are covering the preparation for the November 1 parliamentary elections and the electoral race. The report covers the period of September 1-30.

The militants, killed during the today's counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Grozny, had been trained in Syria and were planning a series of major terror acts, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

During the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia war crimes could have been committed, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, believes. The prosecutor decided to seek a permit from the ICC judges to conduct a full-fledged investigation.

Three militants were killed in a special operation held in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny; one more was shot dead in a shootout with patrol policemen, said representatives of power structures. Three policemen were wounded.

Writer from Belarus Svetlana Aleksievich won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature. Among her works there are books about the Chechen War, the Chernobyl disaster and the Second World War.