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Ekaterina Zguladze, who was First Deputy Interior Minister, has been presented to the post of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

Today, Tbilisi students hold a march against violence in the prisons of Georgia. Several thousand persons are on the way - in an organized column - along Rustaveli Avenue to the President's residence.

Temirkan Ashabokov, Irina Tanova and Arthur Tanov, residents of the city of Baksan, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), report that power agents in masks tried to get into their house. According to their version, the police want to exert pressure on them in the context of the criminal case earlier initiated against them, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

A new Chief of Gldan prison No 8 of Tbilisi the news of cruel treatment of prisoners in which appeared several days ago was appointed in Georgia. There is also a new Head of Department of Execution of Sentences, representative of the Apparat of Prime Minister of Georgia Shota Utiashvili reported. The convicts in Gldan prison are having meetings with their relatives who wish to receive evidence that no violence is used against their people.

Mayor of Sochi, law enforcement officers, the Cossacks and local organization of Society for Krishna Consciousness reached a consensus concerning the incident that took place during a religious procession of Krishna worshippers in the beach of Sochi. The conflict is settled, the participants of the meeting informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Today during trial on the case of assault at Nalchik on October, 13, 2005, preventive punishment to defendant Anzor Ashev was altered, he is now on his his own recognizance. Preventive punishment to the rest defendants who are kept in custody was prolonged for three more months.

In the evening of September 19, in Tbilisi, the protest action at the state office building, organized in connection with the abuse of prisoners in the Gldani Prison, was finished. Today, the organizers of the action plan to continue the protest actions.

The Office of the Georgian Ombudsman has repeatedly informed the leaders of the country of violations of the rights of prisoners, including those in the prison No. 8. This was reported by Georgy Tugushi, Ombudsman in Georgia.

Yesterday, on September 18, in Sochi, court marshals began the eviction of Mzokov family from their house No. 17 in Jan Fabricius Street because of the plans for construction of an Olympic facility.

The Prosecutor's Offices of Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria announced warnings to the providers of the Internet services to limit users' access to the film "Innocence of Muslims" ("Innocence of Islam").

In Maikop, at the today's meeting at the Government House, Aslan Tkhakushinov, the leader of Adygea, handed in to Valery Ponomarenko, the medallist in shooting competitions at the London Paralympics Games, the certificate for 1 million roubles, and to his coach Georgy Gulyaichenko for 500,000 roubles.

At night of September 18, in Saint Petersburg, a mass fight occurred. It involved eight natives of Dagestan and two policemen, employed at the OMON (riot police) of Saint Petersburg.

In the evening of September 18, in Azerbaijan, the Saatli District Court pronounced the decision to release Mirabad Rzaev, an activist of the headquarters of the public organization "Kura". The court sentenced the activist to 1.5 years of conditional imprisonment.

During the meeting with the co-Chairs of the Geneva discussions, Leonid Tibilov, President of South Ossetia, has stated that he is aware of the Georgia's military preparations in the border areas. In its turn, the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), following the inspection in the Gori District of Georgia, which borders with South Ossetia, has issued a statement, in which it called on the parties to show restraint.

Minister of Execution of Sentences, probation and legal aid Khatuna Kalmakhelidze submitted a statement of her resignation to Prime Minister of the country after the actions of protest against torturing convicts in the prisons of Georgia that passed off in Tbilisi and the towns of Batumi and Poti. Today the actions of protest will go on.

Actions of protest against torturing convicts in the prisons of Georgia are going on in Tbilisi, Batumi and Poti. The number of participants of the action near the building of Philharmonic Society in the capital of Georgia exceeded two thousand persons, Georgian journalist Timur Kiguradze delivered on-the-spot reportage to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Chechnya, residing in the territory of the "Promzhilbaza" (in the city of Karabulak), declare their readiness to start a hunger strike on September 20. In total, 30 persons intend to take part in the protest action.

Alexander Kulikov, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law, claimed that the policemen exceeded their power during the detention of pensioner Galina Tikhenko at the rally in Volgograd and that he intended to demand that the leaders of the Regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) should conduct official investigation.

On September 17, in Batumi, emigrants, who arrived in Georgia, held a protest action against restrictions on their rights to vote.

Today, Aishat Alieva, a resident of Makhachkala, claimed that she could not find out the whereabouts of her husband Uzair Aliev, who was detained by staff members of the Kizlyar OVD (Interior Division) on September 16.