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Sozar Subari, Georgian Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance, appealed to the President and members of the Georgian Pardon Commission to release from prisons 137 seriously ill prisoners.

In the city of Taganrog of the Rostov Region, seventeen members of the organization Jehovah's Witnesses were repeatedly accused of extremism. The believers claim repeated violation of their rights to defence and plan to appeal against the charges.

The action, which was held on November 29, in Grozny by the public non-commercial organization "Chechen Mothers for Peace", was attended by about 200 women, who lost their family members and who did not know anything about their fate.

Tengiz Gunava, the former head of the General Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, detained on suspicion of embezzling 3000 litres of gasoline.

At the session of the Dagestani Parliament, held on November 29, MPs adopted guarantees of social protection for residents of Dagestan, participating in volunteer people's guard teams. In particular, in the event of a death of a member of a volunteer people's guard team during protection of the public order, family members of a deceased person will be paid a single payment in the amount of one million roubles.

On November 30, in Tbilisi, Mamuka Khvedeliani, the former head of the Borjomi Department of the Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, a majority candidate from the "United National Movement" Party at the parliamentary elections of October 1, was arrested on suspicion of torturing detainees in the Borjomi MIA's Department in 2009.

Magomedsalam Magomedov, the leader of Dagestan, criticized the work of power agencies of the region on the investigation into murders and kidnappings. Magomedsalam Magomedov has emphasized that out of 55 kidnappings, committed from January 2011 till September 2012, only 18 were resolved.

Following their visit to Baku on November 26-28, Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora (Spain) and Joseph Debono Gresh (Malta), Co-Rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), called on the authorities of the country to release journalists and opposition activists, kept in prisons.

In Rostov-on-Don, five wardens of the penal colony IK-10, accused of beating a prisoner, were arrested by the court decision. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Rostov Region.

A schoolgirl wearing hijab in the khutor of Privolny, Stavropol region, has not been allowed to attend classes wearing hijab, her parents state. Press Service of the Ministry of education explained that the schoolgirl was violating the charter of the educational institution which established demands to the pupils' appearance.

On November, 29, the citizens of Armenia who cannot achieve reception by Chief of the Police held an action of protest in Yerevan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

On November, 29, the police in Mineralnye Vody suppressed people's gathering near the musical college. It was expected to become a response to an assault at one of the students, leader of regional nationalist movement Oksana Borisova, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

A criminal case was instituted against Maxim Svensky, the former officer of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB), who became responsible for a road traffic accident on the federal highway in the Stavropol Territory, which killed four persons.

The Georgian Prosecutor's Office accused the administration of the Gldani Prison No. 8 of the murder of Sergo Tetradze, the former officer of the Ministry of Defence, who was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of espionage and who, according to the original version of investigators, died as a result of heart disease. In the case of the death of Sergo Tetradze, four persons are under arrest, and Alexander Mukhadze, the former prison director, will be brought to justice. This was reported by Archil Kbilashvili, Chief Prosecutor.

The former Chief Financial Officer of a ministry unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence, deployed in Chechnya, who was accused of fraud and embezzlement of large amounts of money, was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 roubles.

After the statement of Dokku Umarov, the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz", about ceasing the attacks on civilians in Russia because of the outbreak of protests against the government, there was a series of attacks on civilian targets and local residents.

Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria Fuza Makhotlova appealed to human rights organizations and mass media asking to refute the information about her being a suicide bomber spread by Center "E" of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in KBR. Concurrently, Makhotlova submitted an anti-defamation lawsuit to Nalchik city court, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Workmen of a penal colony suspected of beating up a convict were detained upon the results of an inspection. A video of beating was posted on the Net, Chief Directorate of Federal Penal Service of Russia in Rostov region informed.

Representatives of Dagestan believe that the Cossack brigades, who on November 27 went to patrol Moscow, may contribute to the escalation of ethnic tensions. Kamil Davdiev proposed to involve people from the Diaspora in patrol activities. Igor Gulichev, a representative of the Cossacks, expressed his scepticism about the idea of joint patrols and treated the concerns expressed as unfounded.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a decision on the claim of Georgia, filed in connection with the unlawful, according to the complainants, expulsion of Georgians from Russia in the autumn of 2006 and in early 2007 and the violations of their rights. This was reported by Teya Tsulukiani, Minister of Justice of Georgia.