The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the Armenian authorities violated the rights of citizens killed and injured during the brutal suppression of protests following the 2008 presidential elections. The opposition claimed that the election results were falsified, and the protests were met with force: ten people, including two police officers, were killed during the dispersal of the rallies.

In the Russian capital, a patient refused an appointment with Dr. Elvin Guseinov, citing his ethnicity. The woman had known this in advance but decided to publicly voice her concerns.

Rustam Shipiyev, a contract soldier from Chechnya, was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. According to the case file, he failed to return to his military unit after undergoing treatment at a sanatorium. Instead, he went home, where he was detained by military commandant's office officers.

Crimean Tatar activist Servet Gaziyev, serving his sentence in Penal Colony No. 5 in Kamchatka, has again complained of deteriorating health.

73-year-old Zinnur Agliullin, an activist with the Tatar national movement, was given a suspended sentence of 2.5 years for repeated incitement of hatred and enmity. The prosecutor had requested a prison sentence.

The Chechen movement NIYSO reported the death of 37-year-old Shovda Shamaeva, a preschool teacher, after being detained by security forces in Chechnya. The organization claims that the resident of the city of Sernovodskoye was tortured.

Two people detained in connection with the case of group violence during the rally near the election headquarters of Tbilisi mayoral candidate Kakha Kaladze on September 8-9 have been released. This was reported by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Rustem Emiruseinov, sentenced to 17 years, suffers from diabetes and complications caused by it.

Serviceman Ali Kochaliyev from Kabardino-Balkaria was sentenced by the Nalchik Garrison Military Court to five years of imprisonment. He was found guilty of unauthorized abandonment of a military unit stationed in Stavropol.

Enver Seitosmanov, serving a 17-year sentence in Correctional Colony No. 16 (Salavat, Bashkortostan) on charges of involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, was placed in a punishment cell (SHIZO). The Crimean Tatar complains of a toothache, but overall his health is assessed as satisfactory.