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In Kabardino-Balkaria, at the court session on the criminal case of beating and torture of two teenagers, prosecution witnesses gave their testimonies. The court has pronounced the decision on compulsory summoning of the witnesses, who failed to appear at the court. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Khabib Budaikhanov, a Dagestani resident, who was sentenced to imprisonment and the verdict of guilty against whom was cancelled in five years, filed a lawsuit demanding compensation for damages in the amount of 1 million roubles.

Experts doubt the affiliation of the natives of Northern Caucasus detained in Moscow to the grouping of "Al-Takfir wal-Hijra". An adept of "Al-Takfir wal-Hijra" will not use modern weapons, the observer Orhan Djemal has noted.

On November 26, on the initiative of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE), the children's club "Amanat" was inspected, said Zarema Alieva, the club administrator, adding that armed men were involved in the inspection, who exerted psychological pressure on children.

Jamal Magomedov, a resident of the village of Kakhabroso, Untsukul District of Dagestan, was detained by power agents; and his whereabouts are still unknown, said a local resident. In its turn, the on duty unit of the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division) has not confirmed the detention of Jamal Magomedov.

The defence of Sergey Reznik, a convicted blogger and journalist from Rostov-on-Don, has filed a brief appeal against the verdict pronounced in his case. This was reported by advocate Elena Dragunova. The conditions of detention of the journalist and observation of his rights in penitentiary institutions were taken under systematic monitoring.

Parviz Gashimli, a staff member of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) and the director of the website "moderator.az", who went on a hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS), stopped his protest action after the visit of Elmira Suleimanova, Azerbaijani Ombudsperson. This was reported by his advocates.

Abdul Abilov, an active user of social networks, was detained in Azerbaijan on charges of drug trafficking. His relatives believe that the young man is persecuted for founding the group "Stop sycophants!" on the Facebook, whose members criticize the Azerbaijani authorities. The MIA of Azerbaijan rejects any political motives of the case.

Fifteen members of the extremist organization "Al-Takfir wal-Hijra", including natives of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kalmykia, have been detained in Moscow, the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported today.

Residents of the city of Grozny have reported a disappearance of a young woman in the Staropromyslovsky District. The police claim that they are doing everything necessary in such situations.