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Lizan Isakova, a resident of Chechnya, and her son Khazbulat, convicted in the case of a fraud with disabled status, could not have committed their scam without the help of medical experts and officials, social network users are sure.

Semyon Simonov, an expert from the Moscow Helsinki Group, who was suspected of failing to admit the fine, imposed on the "Southern Human Rights Centre" headed by him in the Krasnodar Territory, is being prosecuted for political reasons. This was stated by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Anar Abdulla, a journalist, intends to appeal against the fine imposed on him after his detention in front of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. His defence is drafting a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with Abdulla's previous detention, when he covered an action.

The "Nash Gorod" (Our City) movement began collecting signatures to the appeal addressed to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) with a demand to open a case on threats to kill received by Svetlana Anokhina and punish the Dagestani law enforcers for inaction after Svetlana's complaint.

The authorities of Azerbaijan exceeded their powers when they restricted the rights and freedoms of citizens during the coronavirus pandemic, the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Education (CEMDE) concluded. In the country, at least 95,000 people were brought to administrative responsibility for violation of the quarantine.

In Makhachkala, about 50 law enforcers were on duty in front of the "Tangim" mosque after the Friday prayer. The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) explained holding the raid by security reasons.

In Armenia, an aide to the Prime Minister promised hunger-strikers to solve the problem of resuming air communication with Russia. The protesters agreed to suspend their hunger strike.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) withdrew from consideration complaints filed by writer and a publicist Rasim Garadja, and reporter Tural Asadli due to the fact that the Azerbaijani authorities had already restored their rights and promised to pay each of the complainants 5000 euros in compensation.

Lizan Isakova and her son Khazbulat were sentenced to the same punishment in a case on fraud with the status of a disabled person, although the woman's son played a secondary role in obtaining unjustified assistance from the authorities, residents of Chechnya note.

At the trial of Anastasia Shevchenko's case, Alexander Basan, an Associate Professor of the Southern Federal University, said that he had lodged an application against her to the Prosecutor's Office after a public debates in Taganrog with her participation. At the same time, Basan admitted that he had not heard calls for the overthrow of the ruling power at those debates.

Eight border villages, where positions of the Azerbaijani Army are stationed, came under fire from Armenian militaries, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

The court has acquitted the head of the construction company, accused of attacking Narine Avetisyan, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian "Lori" TV Channel; his subordinate was found guilty but released from punishment. The court's verdict should be cancelled; an impartial investigation of the case is necessary, journalists and human rights defenders assert.

The ex-wife of the Chechen blogger, Musa Lomaev, living in Finland, has recorded an insulting video appeal to him not on her own initiative, thus continuing the practice of public insults as a method of influencing dissidents via their relatives living in Chechnya, analysts believe.

After a protest action held by residents of the dwelling settlement Krasnoarmeiskoye located in a suburb of Makhachkala, 23 residents were brought to justice; many of them were fined, said one of the detainees. Another Krasnoarmeiskoye resident was detained the next day after the action; he prevented the special equipment from destroying the fence around his land plot.

On Thursday (September 24), Anar Abdulla, a journalist, was detained over a conflict with a local resident while filming a solo picket in Baku. The police fined the journalist for petty hooliganism. Abdulla asserts that he was attacked by a provocateur.

On Thursday, participants of the Caucasus-2020 military exercise practiced destruction of manoeuvre enemy' military vehicles and strongholds at a training ground in the Volgograd Region. Analysts suggest that Azerbaijan and India would be able to take part in the Caucasus-2020 military exercise in case if Armenia, China, and Pakistan had not responded to the Russia's invitation.

A court found a woman from Grozny and her son, who had obtained better housing conditions from the authorities of Chechnya, guilty of fraud and sentenced each of them to four years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

After a post on Instagram about a preventive conversation held by policemen in the Urus-Martan District with detainees and their parents, Instagram users noted that reprimanding conversations with persons detained on suspicion of drinking alcoholic beverages should be treated as inappropriate.

Blogger Musa Lomaev, who left for Finland after subjected to torture, does not care about his relatives who live in Chechnya and has no moral right to criticize the republic's authorities, his former wife says in a video appeal. It is unacceptable for a woman to criticize her former husband, Instagram users emphasize.

Eldar Makhmudov, a former head of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan, whose son turned out to be the hero of the publication by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), has lost political influence in the country, but his family retained business assets, journalists have noted.