Elkhan Aliyev, a member of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, is holding a dry hunger strike in prison, demanding an end to his criminal prosecution. According to his wife, the man is receiving death threats on behalf of the prison management.

The Supreme Court of Crimea approved a fine of 100 thousand rubles to the independent Muslim community “Eski Kyrym” for storing literature in the Az-Zubeir mosque.

Yerevan did not ask Moscow to leave Russian border guards on the border with Turkey and Iran, as Russian officials previously stated. This was announced by the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan.

The court in Grozny refused to consider Mehidi Timerbulatov’s complaint about the inaction of the prosecutor’s office regarding the use of unauthorized methods of inquiry and investigation by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After the appeal, the complaint was returned for reconsideration for the 80th time.

The Azerbaijani government completely rejects another statement by French Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin about alleged ties between Baku and the New Caledonian independence movement. This was stated by the representative of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Hajizade.

The adoption by the ruling party of Georgia of the law on foreign agents is an attempt to establish Putin’s rules and a betrayal of ancestors and compatriots who fought and are fighting against the “Russification” of Georgia. This was stated in a joint statement of 120 non-governmental organizations in the country.

The magistrate's court in Simferopol fined lawyer Emil Kurbedinov 30 thousand rubles because of a post about mobilization. He is known for defending Crimean Tatar activists and political prisoners in courts.

Another protest action against the demarcation and delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan is taking place in Yerevan. Three participants were detained on Republic Square.

The Court of Appeal in Baku rejected the request of the head of the Center for Monitoring Elections and Democratic Education Anar Mammadli to be transferred from a pre-trial detention center to house arrest. The prisoner denied the charges of smuggling brought against him and linked the criminal case with his social and human rights activities.

The foreign ministers of Lithuania, Estonia and Iceland spoke at a protest in Tbilisi against the adopted law on foreign agents.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis emphasized that Moscow is not happy with the success of the former Soviet republics, but “we stand together because we have common values, we believe in European values.”