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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.

In the morning on Monday, December 1, seven hunger-strikers in Karaman (Dagestan) were replaced by new protesters. Gamzat Khangishiev, who is representing local residents, said that the protesters see no actions undertaken by the authorities, which could be a prerequisite to stop the hunger strike.

Djamilya Ibragimova, a sister of Magomed Aliev, a student suspected of promoting terrorism, who got from SIZO (pre-trial prison) to hospital in grave condition, has applied to the Prosecutor's Office and the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Stavropol Territory demanding to institute a criminal case on the fact of causing grave bodily harm to her brother.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has submitted 18 claims against the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Russia, in which she demands to allocate funds to improve the living conditions of veterans.

The Russian heavyweight boxer Magomed Omarov has reached the first victory within the framework of the qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics. On November 30, Omarov defeated an Egyptian Akhmed Samir.

On Monday, the Untsukul District of Dagestan opened the traffic through thedata placard, local residents report.

Signing of Russian-Abkhaz alliance and strategic partnership treaty; ECtHR's award of 15,000 euros of compensation to ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov; eighth delivery of humanitarian aid from Russia to Donbas; mass poisoning in Armenian kindergarten; license revocation "PrestizhKreditBank" of Derbent and cancellation of CTO regime in the Untsukul District of Dagestan; upholding by Russia's SC of verdict to natives of Ingushetia for terror act in "Domodedovo" Airport, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 24-30, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The commission set up for assessing the damage caused to residents of the settlement of Vremenny by the actions during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) has finished its work. Local residents complained about the actions of power agents who conducted the CTO.

During the week from November 24 to November 30, 2014, at least three persons perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The consideration of the appeal complaint lodged by Orkhan Eyubzade, a young activist of the "Musavat" Party, sentenced to two years in prison, has been postponed indefinitely. His advocate told about worsening of the activist's health.

The repatriation process of Meskhetian Turks to Georgia should be accelerated; it is necessary to develop a step by step plan and discuss a possibility of granting dual citizenship to immigrants, said participants of the conference in Tbilisi.

Vladimir Ostapuk, the leader of the Ecological Council under the Mayor of Sochi, has sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to pay attention to the works leading to destruction of trees in Sochi.

The Pyatigorsk Garrison Military Court has upheld the decision of the investigator, who refused to initiate criminal proceedings against an agent of the local FSB department, whose crime was reported by Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of Kislovodsk.

The international organization in defence of the press "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) has condemned the actions of the police, which questioned Turkhan Kerimov, an employee of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Liberty on November 28 in Baku.

On November 28, the "Caucasian Knot" held an on-line discussion "Ecology of North-Caucasian City: Experience of Vladikavkaz and Makhachkala". According to participants of the discussion, the unfavourable ecological situation in the cities of Northern Caucasus threatens to become a major challenge of the 21st century.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia has declared Marina Khachatryan, a journalist of the TV Channel "A1+", to be the suffered party in her conflict with a security officer of the Parliament.

Because of the territorial dispute of Russia and Abkhazia on the territorial affiliation of the village of Aibga, its villagers have problems with entry and exit, power shortages, absence of roads and health care services, said Olga Dobshinskaya, who was born in the left-bank part of the village and is now the head of it.

On November 28, Moscow hosted a conference "War in Chechnya: Political Mistakes and War Crimes" dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second Chechen War and the 20th anniversary of the first Chechen campaign.