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At the trial held at the Yasamal District Court of Baku, advocates of the defendants in the case against the Said Nursi followers, detained in April 2014, have asked the Court to acquit their clients. The advocates also claimed the political background of the case.

In Sochi, city resident Tatiana Kholidi, the mother of Pavel Resh, a seriously ill 33-year-old person with disabilities, has sent an appeal to Veronika Skvortsova, Russian Minister of Health. In her appeal, the woman complains about doctors and pharmacists, who failed to provide her son with life-saving drugs.

In Dagestan, the search for members of the armed underground in the territories of the Kurakh, Magaramkent, Suleiman-Stalsky, Tabasaran, and Khiv Districts is still underway. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the evening of September 29.

In Yerevan, the St. Anne's Church held a liturgy in memory of four soldiers, who died in the Karabakh conflict zone on September 25. Parishioners also lit candles to pay tribute to the memory of the fallen soldiers.

Today, according to the US Treasury, the US authorities have imposed sanctions against 29 individuals and entities affiliated with the grouping "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia, the USA, Turkey, and a number of other countries.

Today, Alexander Malofeev, a member of the Ukrainian organization "UNA-UNSO", has been found guilty of killing Russian soldiers in Chechnya. He is sentenced to 24.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, and the sentence has appeared to be tougher than the prosecutor requested.

Aimur Khakulov, who is being kept at SIZO No. 1 (pre-trial prison) in Nalchik till the consideration of the appeal against his verdict in the case of the attack on Nalchik, receives all the necessary medical treatment. This was reported by the Acting Assistant on Human Rights to the Chief of the Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service.

According to Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko, the instructions, which she gave during the shelling of the positions of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (known as LNR), cannot be treated as an adjustment of fire. Nadezhda Savchenko states that she only asked the artillerists not to shell the roads.

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the appeal filed by journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the verdict in the case of defamation. The journalist's advocates intend to file an appeal to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

On September 22, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) made a decision in favour of relatives of Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov, who was kidnapped in Dagestan in June 2010. The ECtHR ordered to pay the complainants 60,000 euros of compensation.

Today, a picket in support of Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko has been held in front of the building of the Donetsk City Court in the Rostov Region, where the trial in the case against Nadezhda Savchenko, accused of the murder of Russian journalists, is conducted. Advocates have reported the beginning of the action in support of their client.

Amur Khakulov, who is being kept at the SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) in Nalchik and who is expecting the consideration of the appeal against the verdict in the case of the attack on Nalchik, suffers from chronic kidney disease and does not receive the necessary medical treatment. This has been reported by the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).

In the territories of five southern districts of Dagestan, the activities of searching for militants are being conducted outside residential settlements, and they do not interfere with the lives of civilians. This was reported by a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Local residents confirm the information and note the large concentration of law enforcers.

A resident of Maikop has held a solo protest action with the demand to evacuate Circassian families from the conflict zone in Syria. Other activists announced their willingness to support the protestor. The pickets were held in response to the murder of an 11-year-old Circassian girl near Damascus.

In Volgograd, 11 local activists spoke in support of the project "Last Address" designed to perpetuate the memory of the repressed USSR citizens. At the Regional Library named after Gorky, the activists read poems of Soviet poets, dedicated to the victims of the repression.

The situation in the village of Novy Kurush in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, where a Salafi mosque was closed on September 22, remains tense. As of September 28, the very mosque is closed.

Today, the Tver Court of Moscow has recognized the legitimacy of two fines, each for the amount of 300,000 roubles, imposed by the magistrate judge on the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" for violating the law on foreign agents.

Today, at the monument "Tree of Life" in Nalchik, city residents have held an action to pay tribute to the memory of Judy Maf, an 11-year-old Circassian girl, killed in Syria. The participants of the action have stated that the Russian authorities should pay attention to the problems of Syrian Circassians.

Today, freelance journalist Islam Shikhali, who cooperates with the Radio Liberty's Azerbaijani Office, has been questioned at the Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan. The investigators asked the journalist about the activities of the Radio Liberty's Azerbaijani Office and the "Meydan TV" online TV Channel.

In the south of Dagestan, a regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced within the area with population of about 200,000 people. Law enforcers are searching for militants, who killed five hunters. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the law enforcement bodies.