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Local civil society activists have assessed the human rights situation in Azerbaijan as the worst in the last 20 years. Activists of the "Committee for Civil Society Protection" (CCSP) have decided to appeal to the country's authorities to take measures to restore the rights of political prisoners, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Employees of the special detention centre of Novocherkassk, where a detainee died, acted professionally, said the members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC). At the same time, as they noted, the ambulance arrived at the centre only 20 minutes after it was called.

Yusup Djaparov, Said Amirov's nephew, could not participate in the shelling of a shopping centre in Kaspiysk, because at that time he was in Moscow, his two friends told the court.

The police have questioned schoolchildren in the Sochi aul (village) Bolshoi Kichmay about the reasons for their participation in the mourning ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War. This is another proof of the authorities' attempts to erase the memory about the tragic events of the war, Circassian activists assert.

Activists of the "Youth Yabloko" have held a series of solo pickets at the buildings of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), demanding to investigate the murder of Timur Kuashev, a journalist and social activist from Kabardino-Balkaria.

In the course of a search conducted in the office of Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the branch of the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR) in Dagestan, suspected of financing terrorism, law enforcers behaved correctly and confiscated only Murtazaliev's sick leave and medical card history, said the PFR spokeswoman.

Investigating authorities of Dagestan have completed the inquiry into the case of a 25-year-old resident of the Untsukul District, accused of participation in an illegal armed formation (IAF).

The criminals were nicely familiar with the layout of the house of Takhir Guziev, the chief of staff of the Cherek ROVD (District Interior Division), who was shot dead in Nalchik; therefore, they manage to quickly find him in the household, investigators believe.

Three girls from Grozny, who, according to investigators, opened fake accounts to enter into correspondence with recruiters of the "Islamic State" (IS) and received money from them, have been put under recognizance not to leave.

The criminal investigation into the disappearance in winter of 2014 of Seda Kanaeva, a 17-year-old resident of Grozny in now conducted under supervision of the local Prosecutor's Office.

In Makhachkala, policemen found ammunition in the car of a 27-year-old local resident.

The defence of Evgeny Vitishko intends to appeal against the decision of the Kirsanov District Court of the Tambov region, which rejected the motion asking to change his remaining term in colony for restriction of freedom. The defence intends to appeal against this decision at a higher court.

According to a law enforcement source, a colonel's neighbour, who has recently joined militants, could be involved in the murder in Nalchik. According to investigators, the police officer was shot dead from a submachine gun and a pistol.

Last night, the chief of staff of the Cherek ROVD (District Interior Division) was shot dead in his house in the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The police are searching for the perpetrators.

The mother of Magomed Karakhanov, who went missing on May 6 in Dagestan, has turned with her application to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) asking help in searching for her son.

The court in Rostov-on-Don has dismissed the motion lodged by the defence of the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, accused of preparing a terror acts in the Crimea, with a demand to challenge the state prosecutor. The observers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that the defendants are innocent.

Law enforcement authorities suspect two residents of the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of financing members of the armed underground, illegal circulation of arms and narcotic drugs.

Sagid Murtazaliev, the head of the Dagestani Branch of the Russian Pension Fund (RPF) is not hiding from investigators in Dubai, but is recovering after surgery in Germany, said the participants of the press conference convened in his support.

On July 30, the Magaramkent District Court of Dagestan began a new consideration of the case of Nasir Javadov, a resident of Magaramkent, who died during interrogation in the building of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). During the session, the court questioned the expert, who examined the firearms belonging to Javadov.

The results of two biological examinations conducted within the Nemtsov's murder case fully correspond to investigators' version, the victims' advocate has stated, refuting the defence's statement that experts had failed to confirm guilt of the figurants in the case.