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On July 15 in Khasavyurt District of Dagestan on the turn to the village Mutsalaul a protest rally against kidnapping, torture and murder of Muslims will be held, said Rasul Ismailov, a resident of Khasavyurt, the co-chair of the human rights organization "Civil Alternative".

On August 8 the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow will held a court session to consider two appeals on the case of Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

The 29th meeting of within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism with the participation of representatives of Abkhazia, Georgia, Russia, the EU and the UN was held in the city of Gali. The Abkhazian side has once again raised the issue on kidnapping of Merab Kolbaya, a resident of the Gali district, accused by the Georgian side of involvement in terror acts in Georgia, by the Georgian special services.

Doctors amputated an upper limb of Victor Dvorakovskiy, who was detained in Stavropol Territory on suspicion of involvement in terrorism, reported Natalia Zharikova, the head of Health and Information Department of the resort city of Zheleznovodsk.

Today in Moscow the press conference "The first results of an independent investigation into the murder of Natalia Estemirova" was held, during which a report with the results of the investigation holding by the "Novaya Gazeta" (New Newspaper), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" . The report's authors the appeal to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to take personal control over the due process of law in the investigation into the Natalia's Estemirova murder.

In Georgia the human rights activists plan to start collecting signatures on a petition for bailing out three photographers accused of espionage for Russia. The initiative was announced by Nino Tsikhistavi, the head of the NGO "Network of Caucasian Women" at the meeting with independent Georgian MPs.

A protest of mothers of soldiers who perished as a result of hazing in the army was held near the building of the Government of Armenia. Mothers and close relatives of the soldiers lost in the Armenian army expressed their resentment over the fact that so far there is no tangible progress in none of the cases of non-combat military personnel casualties or deaths as a result of hazing in the army.

Organizational Assembly of Orthodox believers of Georgia protests against enacting new electronic certificates of identity in the country. Zaza Nanobashvili, leader of the Assembly, made this statement at an action of protest near the National Museum.

On July, 13, Federal bureau of medical and social assessment (MSA) refused acknowledging disabled a two-years-old Violetta Ariutlkina ill with mild CSIP.

A girl who underwent gang rape in Kabardino-Balkaria will take a course of rehabilitation in the republican social and rehabilitation center for underage.

On July 13 the Volgograd Regional Court at the preliminary session appointed the consideration of the criminal case on the explosions in this April in Volgograd near the buildings of the GIBDD (road police) Department and the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) on July 22. The defendant was remanded in custody till January 30, 2012.

The evening of memory of the human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, marking the second anniversary of her murder, will be held on July 14 in St Petersburg. The film "Who killed Natasha?", shot by journalist Mylene Sauloy by the French TV's order, will be screened on the memory evening for the first time in Russia.

The Labour Party of Georgia sent an appeal to all religious confessions in Georgia to renounce using the new rules of the law granting legal status to religious associations.

Five-day trainings will be organised for the applicants from Ingushetia, who have passed competitive selection for going on purpose assignment to the other regions of the Russian Federation. At these trainings the experts will tell the applicants about the culture of the places where they are going to study.

Today Konstantin Ozgan, the head of the Board of Elders, disseminated the statement in which the Board of Elders of Abkhazia proposes all presidential candidates to unite into a single electoral coalition.

Today in Georgia the organisation "Veterans for Veterans" and the initiative group "For Democracy and Normal Life" demanded to stop sending new Georgian military contingent to Afghanistan.

Participants in the programme "Cinema of CIS: 20 years of independence," of the VIII International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" during the round table on the problems of the CIS films, which was held on July 13, representatives of Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other countries reported the need to intensify and deepen old relations.

In the Astrakhan Region the head of the police department for Krasnoyarsk District and the head of the District GIBDD (road police) were announced disciplinary actions for using a child in the action "Attentive driver", reported the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the region.

Journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will discuss the problems of ethnic minorities – the Armenians and the Azerbaijanis – in Georgia's districts of Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Djavakheti. The event will be held from July 13 to July 15 as a part of the project "Neighbours", reported the press service of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).

The Sachkheri military base located in Western Georgia and intended for training mountain shooters (yagers) has received the status of PFP (Partnership for Peace), which gives it the right to train NATO soldiers.