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Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger from Novorossiysk, is being persecuted for political reasons for his pacifist speeches, states the human rights project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial”. The human rights defenders demand to release Askhabali Alibekov.

Gistam Sakaeva, a native of Chechnya, is at large, as the police released her after questioning.

The Dagestani Supreme Court (SC) has cancelled the resolution on the arrest that Vladimir Sevrinovsky had served after his detention in Makhachkala, and sent the case for reconsideration.

Gistam Sakaeva, a native of Chechnya and an activist of the non-commercial organization (NCO), engaged in defending women's rights, has disappeared on the border of Kazakhstan with the Astrakhan Region, while in Chechnya a week ago she was searched for by a local district policeman.

The escape of four Dagestani young women was provoked by the influence of social networks, in which recruiters convince young people to leave their families, the chairman of the Council of Imams of Kaspiysk has stated. In his opinion, the girls have poured dirt on the family by telling that they had been "infringed."

Six followers of the “At Takfir Val-Hijra”* organization were detained in Dagestan, Moscow, and Voronezh, and “religious books of extremist content” were confiscated from them during a search, the FSB Department for Moscow and the Moscow Region reported.

In the near future, residents of Chechnya will begin receiving summonses, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the republic, has announced. He invited Chechens to hurry up to enrol into the republic's power structures in order to serve together with fellow countrymen, and not in other units.

Passers-by and car drivers have paid attention to the pickets held by Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues; the interest from tourists was also high, activists have informed.

The four Dagestani young women, who have accused their relatives of domestic violence, are still in Georgia, but plan to move to another country, human rights defenders have informed.

In January-September this year, the smallest number of all crimes was registered in Chechnya; Ingushetia and Dagestan are also in the lead of the rating. The Volgograd Region became the anti-leader among the regions of Southern of Russia.

In their complaint filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), human rights defenders pointed out that with the decision to liquidate the “International Memorial”* (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”), the authorities of Russia violated a number of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

When commenting on the persecution of four sisters from Dagestan by their relatives, Caucasian experts have noted that “honour killing” as a punishment for refusing to marry is not provided for in Islam, the Sharia, or Muslim customs.

Members of the Chechen Diaspora and employees of the human rights organization “Amnesty International” (AI) held a demonstration in the capital of Austria. During their protest action, the activists called on the authorities of Romania not to expel Amina Gerikhanova to Russia.

Aina Gamzatova, who is the wife and an adviser to the Mufti of Dagestan, has called on the girls, who had accused their relatives of domestic violence and ran away from home, to return home under her personal responsibility.

Patimat Magomedova, Khadizhat and Patimat Khizrievas and Aminat Gazimagomedova from Dagestan, who ran away from home and accused their relatives of violence, have been taken to a safe place in Georgia, human rights defenders have informed.

Amid Kadyrov's statement about 13-million-rouble payments to casualties, Bislan Chabaev, a deputy commander of the "Akhmat-1" OMON (riot police) battalion, has called on young people to go to army service and "represent their people."

At the "Verkhniy Lars" checkpoint, the young women from Dagestan have written applications about threats received from their relatives, the Ombudsperson of North Ossetia has stated. In her audio message, one of the girls asked not to return them to their relatives who came to pick them up.

The four girls from Dagestan, held by border guards, have told how they were beaten up at home, forbidden to study, and tried to force them into marriage. The girls are afraid that their relatives might kill them.

Ramzan Kadyrov's and Evgeny Prigozhin's criticism against the Russian military command is caused by the desire of each of them to win political dividends, Alexei Malashenko, a political scientist, has suggested.

Border guards refused to let four girls from Dagestan who escaped from domestic violence through; they are holding them at the checkpoint until their relatives arrive, human rights defenders have informed.