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In Maikop, the Mayoralty refused to sanction a rally of the movement "Adyge Khase-Circassian Parliament", which was to be held on December 8 in support of Syrian Circassians. This was reported by Adam Bogus, the leader of the movement.

During the today's special operation, held in the village of Semender of the Kirov District of Makhachkala, members of the "Gimry" criminal gang were killed. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

According to the Investigatory Committee, Ingush policemen unlawfully detained a woman with a five-month baby for almost entire day.

In the village of Balakhani of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, military vehicles blocked the entrance to the village, and the houses were searched. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by local residents.

In Azerbaijan, journalist Idrak Abbasov appealed to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev, heads of power agencies, and human rights defenders with a request to ensure his safety.

The faction "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) began collecting signatures in the Parliament under the claim to the Constitutional Court about the disruption of the parliamentary majority of the extraordinary session of the National Assembly of November 21. MPs from the faction of the "Heritage" Party supported the initiative.

In Chechnya, parents of schoolchildren complain about the order of the regional Ministry of Education, which prohibits the schoolchildren to use mobile phones. The parents believe that the safety of children was seriously threatened, and officials refer to the instructions of the republic's leaders.

As stated by activists of the non-parliamentary opposition, amendments to the territorial law on assemblies had been adopted in the Krasnodar Territory without any broad discussion; therefore, the law is now highly restrictive. The amendments were intended to harmonise the local legislation with the federal one, said Marina Alexandrova, a lawyer from the Krasnodar-based "Centre of Justice".

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.