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In the village of Zalukokoazhe, a school administration allowed Muslim schoolgirls wearing hijabs to attend classes after a public outcry caused by a ban on religious clothing.

In Adygea, a court recognized comments posted on social networks by disabled person Vladimir Karmanov as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and obliged him to pay a fine.

The case of Adam Madaev, a Chechen resident, who was fined for posting comments in an oppositional channel, indicates that law enforcers continue having interest in the resources of critics of the authorities; the case also demonstrates a new practice of fabricating charges, the interviewed human rights defenders believe.

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning the politically motivated abduction and prosecution of Zarema Musaeva. This document is important not only as a call for Musaeva's liberation, but also as a statement of human rights violations in Chechnya, Abubakar Yangulbaev has noted.

In several villages of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), girls wearing hijabs were not allowed into schools; it follows from posted videos. Social network users were outraged by this practice; and the republic's Muftiate has announced that it had convinced officials not to prevent schoolgirls from wearing hijabs.

A court in Bishkek has sentenced Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of illegally crossing the Kyrgyz border, to six months in colony followed by deportation. Movlaev, who fears persecution by Chechen authorities, has asked in court to be sentenced to the maximum term, his advocate has explained.

In Northern Caucasus, mass torture, extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances occur; and in Chechnya, brutal suppression of political opponents, infringement of women's rights and persecution of people of non-traditional sexual orientation are widespread.

The information claimed by Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, about insufficient medical care for him in a penal colony and the beating of another prisoner by employees has not been confirmed, reports the Prosecutor’s Office of the Astrakhan Region. The check was carried out superficially and biasedly, suggests a defender of Abdul-Malik Albagachiev.

The authorities of Poland refused to provide asylum to Rakiat Kodzoeva, a native of Ingushetia, and her children. The woman faces deportation to her homeland, despite statements by human rights defenders about the threat of fabricating a criminal case against Rakiat Kodzoeva in Russia.

After conducting a check, the police refused to open a criminal case against Adam Kadyrov for beating up Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, committed at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). The court in Grozny has set a date for the first session on Zhuravel's case" he is accused of burning the Koran.

A petition asking to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Zarema Musaeva has been sent to the court by the advocate hired by the family, her son, Abubakar Yangulbaev, has informed.

The injury, for which Khizri Kurazov, a fighter of the “Rosgvardiya” (National Guard of Russia) from North Ossetia, is seeking compensation, was got in the barracks, but led to severe damage to his health.

During a solo picket in support of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, passers-by conveyed wishes and words of support to him, noted picketer Magomed Magomedov. His colleague Idris Yusupov held a picket in support of historian Khadjimurad Donogo, considering the disruption of his lecture to be another fact of persecution of the scientist.

The administration of the Instagram* has blocked the page of Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya, who had beaten up Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, at the SIZO (pre-trial prison); the page was blocked for violating the rules of the social network.

Aishat Kadyrova, who before being appointed Deputy Prime Minister served as Minister of Culture, has received the title of People's Artist of Chechnya. This title is awarded to artists of national renown who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of arts in Chechnya and worthily represented the Chechen arts outside its borders, as stated in the regulations on the title.

Law enforcers have detained Dmitry Kuzmin, who went out to a picket demanding the release of Nikita Zhuravel, who was beaten by Kadyrov's son at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison).

Aishat Kadyrova, the current Chechen Minister of Culture will become Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya for the social block; and Musa Dadaev, the former Vice-Premier will replace Kadyrova as the head of the Ministry of Culture of Chechnya.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan approved the decision of the court, which imposed 120 hours of compulsory labour on Rasul Bammatov, finding him guilty of posting a call against mobilization.

Valery Gasparyan, an unemployed resident of Stavropol, fined for two comments he posted on a social network.

Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan and others, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, two Kadyrovs, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 25-October 1, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.