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After the complaint of Mardiros Demerchyan about torture at the Sochi police station had been communicated by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Russian Supreme Court (SC) requested the materials of the Mardiros Demerchyan's case. The defence of Mardiros Demerchyan again failed to secure the return of the case to prosecutor.

The international human rights organization "Freedom House" has included Azerbaijan in the list of countries with partial freedom of the Internet and pointed to pressure from the authorities and arrests of activists. The above conclusions are based on the information from local experts.

In August, Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, who criticized the authorities, was found guilty of defamation, the "Novaya Gazeta" reports. According to the newspaper, the sentence was pronounced about two months after the agreement concluded by Ramazan Djalaldinov with the authorities.

Investigators have failed to identify the persons suspected of killing the Gasanguseinov brothers in the village of Goor-Khindakh in the Shamil District. Meanwhile, the father of the Gasanguseinov brothers and representative of the family may not examine the case materials. This was reported by advocate Said Ibragimov.

During the week from November 7 to November 13, 2016, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus one person was killed, while no information about wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations, run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The law enforcement authorities have launched a check against two minor sisters from Baksan, involved in hiding in the house of Akhmed Shevkhuzhev, killed by law enforcers. The minor sisters face criminal responsibility of up to 15 years of imprisonment for aiding and abetting the suspected militant.

On November 15, the court shall consider the appeal against the sentence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" in Chechnya. According to the NGO "Committee to Protect Journalists" (CPJ), Zhalaudi Geriev should to be released and the case against him should be closed.

Ramaz Bagakashvili, a deputy of the Akhmet Sakrebulo from the Duisi municipal district of Georgia, has confirmed the death in Iraq of Mukhamad Khangoshvili, a native of the village of Duisi, well known as the personal bodyguard of earlier killed Tarkhan Batirashvili (Abu Umar al-Shishani).

In Khasavyurt, most of 200 detained believers of the "Hospital" mosque are released. According to mosque-goers, six persons who failed to have their IDs with them are still detained by the police.

The gathering of residents of the villages of Verkhny Kolob, Kakhib, and Goor-Khindakh to discuss the progress of the investigation into the killing of the Gasanguseinov brothers, scheduled for November 13, is cancelled because of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) announced today.

Power agents have conducted raids of a number of mosques in the city of Khasavyurt, said an employee of one of them. He quoted a district policeman who said that raids were organized within the extremism prevention campaign.

In Baku, the court has read out the indictment against Bairam Mamedov, and activist of the movement "Nida", suspected of drug trafficking on a large scale. Bairam Mamedov believes he is being prosecuted because of the graffiti at the monument to Geidar Aliev.

The accusation of hostage-taking has been removed from Khachatur Gichyan, a 69-year-old citizen Georgia, suspected of providing a truck to the "Sasna Tsrer" group, said his advocate Sarkisyan.

In Makhachkala, warders of the SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) unreasonably require from advocates investigators' sanctions to visit their clients. This was stated by advocate Sapiyat Magomedova in her complaint sent on November 10 to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan.