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The Inter-regional Committee against Torture has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights on the torture of Amur Ganaev, resident of Chechnya, who was detained by Chechnya operational service officers in January 2006 and brought to the ОRB-2 (criminal investigation bureau).

Employees of Azeri ombudsman's office have made "a long-term - two-day visit" of Gobustan prison "with the aim of preventing torture and other cases of inhuman or degrading treatment", in the course of which they have revealed facts of exerting pressure on inmates.

Dmitri Novikov, former judge of Khosta district court in Krasnodar Krai, accused of organizing embezzling of 17 "Olympic" land plots in Sochi, has appealed against the permission of the Krasnodar Krai judges' qualification board for bringing him to criminal responsibility on the case of illegal recognition of title for a land plot which is now within the zone of Olympic construction.

Russia occupies 83rd place by the number of women in the bodies of power, with virtually no women in Kalmykia authorities, claimed Natalia Manzhikova, president of non-profit foundation "Gender Equality", at the forum on consolidating women's movement.

Today, during the night, a car was exploded in the village of Mitaghi-Kazmaliar of Derbent district, Dagestan. A twenty-year-old resident was killed.

According to preliminary data, the suicide bomber who exploded himself near the concert hall in Grozny was an Adam Khamidov, resident of Grozny.

The assessments given to Armenia by the international organization Freedom House in its annual report fully coincide with the opposition assessments. This has been noted to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Levon Zurabian, coordinator of the Armenian National Congress, who states that "cleptocratic dictatorship rules Armenia".

The journalist Einulla Fatullaev charged with illegal storage of drugs and already serving his term in prison, is to make a final speech at the trial in Garadak district court of Baku on July 2. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that this decision has been taken by judge Ismail Khalilov upon the results of the today's session.

A group of individuals protest against the amicable agreement with the "Electrozink" works in the capital of North Ossetia near the office of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The relatives of Aslan and Mukhtar Gandaloevs detained on June 21 in the village of Sagopshi, Ingushetia, and suspected of exploding a shop in the same village have reported about an illegal search in their house. Witnesses claim that violence was applied during the arrest.

During the festival of radio broadcasters "Radio together" held in Moscow on June 26-28, a round table was arranged on the topic "Review of changes in legislation on media", where Michail Fedotov, member of the council under the RF President on facilitating the development of civil institutions and human rights, one of the drafters of the law on mass media, spoke about the drawbacks of the existing law.

The father of one of the militiamen killed in Ingushetia has announced a vendetta to the family of Artur Gatagashev, resident of Malgobek who is in the wanted list, claims Piatimat Kuzikova, Gatagashev's mother.

The Chechen authorities have decided to extend the city subbotnik by ten days. This initiative is negatively met by employees of state budget organizations. Chechen functionaries prefer to "pay off".

Nature continues to inflict damage on the residents of North Caucasus; new unrest in the Karabakh conflict zone; new evidence in the case of murder of human rights activist Estemirova; Abkhazia walks out of Geneva discussions, South Ossetia threatens to follow suit - read all this in the "Caucasian Knot" review of main events in the Caucasus during the week of June 21 - 27, 2010.

Tariel Mulukhov (Oniani), born in Georgia, accused of kidnapping in Russia considers the case file containing materials on the actions incriminating him as framed and refuses to give evidence in court.

Tsotne Ghamsakhurdia, the son of the first Georgian president Zviad Ghamsakhurdia, who is in prison now, has resumed his hunger strike, reports lawyer Keti Bekauri.

Astrakhan oblast governor Alexander Zhilkin has moved an idea to make grasshoppers, which inflicted serious damage on southern Russia regions, a good business.

Georgian President Michail Saakashvili has stated at the sitting of the National Security Council that Georgia is prepared to start wide-scale negotiations on normalizing bilateral relations without any preconditions.

The freedom of expression in Azerbaijan is limited, considerable improvements are needed in the country. As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, this is what is said in the report of Thomas Hammarberg, CU commissioner on human rights, placed on June 29 at the Council of Europe sight.

Blogger Emin Milli (Abdullaev) who serves his term in prison in Azerbaijan has been temporarily released from prison for attending on June 29 the funeral of his father Pasha Abdullaev who died last night.