Arsen Abkhairov, a defendant in the Red Guard case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, was transferred from a prison in the Krasnoyarsk Territory to correctional colony No. 8 in Ulan-Ude. Previously, the man was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

The Azerbaijani authorities must release employees of the publication Toplum TV. This is one of the important independent media covering political topics, investigations into corruption and irregularities during voting in the presidential elections in February. This call was made by the Committee to Protect Journalists (located in New York).

Today in Makhachkala another picket took place in support of political prisoner-journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The action was attended by the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication Magomed Magomedov and his colleagues.

The National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan condemned the massive repression of independent media. We are talking about the arrest of employees of the publications Abzas Media and Toplum TV, as well as civil activists.

A political prisoner, a native of Chechnya, Said-Mukhamad Dzhumaev, was transferred to a single cell-type room (EPKT). There, the convicted person is completely isolated and his rights are limited as much as possible. Last year, Dzhumaev was repeatedly placed in the punishment cell IK-3 in the Tambov region.

The Makhachkala Garrison Court sentenced contract soldier Artur Sabraliev to 5.5 years. He left the military unit in Ukraine, went home, and then returned.

The Friday prayer of Muslims in the village of Adigeni in Georgia was disrupted due to a protest organized by local residents against its holding. The Georgian Muslim Union condemned the persecution of people on ethnic and religious grounds and demanded an investigation into the incident.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release all media workers who are under arrest. In particular, 14 employees of the independent publication Toplum TV were detained the day before. Three have been charged with smuggling: correspondent Farid Ismailov, video editor Mushvig Jabbar, social media manager Elmir Abbasov.

The Maikop City Court of Adygea found Inver Siyukhov guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called the information about the existence of a “black market” in the Russian Federation fake, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are purchased for their subsequent exchange for captured Chechens.