In various regions of Russia, numerous cases of violation of the religious rights of Muslims serving sentences in correctional institutions have been recorded. Human rights activists note that restrictions are often accompanied by humiliation of human dignity, and complaints from prisoners do not lead to the restoration of their rights.

France extradited Ruslan Botashev, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, to Russia, accused of terrorist activity. According to Russian investigators, in 2014, the man was trained at the Syrian Muaskar-Sabri militant training camp, and then joined the ranks of the Islamic State organization.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a deaf man, Shakarbai Pashshaliev, was fined 30 thousand rubles for "discrediting" the Russian army. The reason was a video in his WhatsApp status containing the word "war".

A resident of Sevastopol, 40-year-old Alexey Rodin, reported an illegal detention and the use of violence by security forces. According to him, law enforcement officers broke into his house, accusing him of publishing a comment on Telegram approving the attack on police officers in Dagestan on June 23, 2024.

Ahead of Donald Trump's meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev scheduled for August 8, Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed serious concerns about the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.

Previously imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli called on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to intervene in the situation surrounding Bahruz Samedov. This Azerbaijani activist was sentenced to 15 years in prison in his home country on charges of spying for Armenia.

Despite his deteriorating health, human rights activist Server Mustafayev, who is serving a 14-year sentence in IK-1 in Tambov, is not receiving the medical care he needs. The Crimean Tatar suffers from severe back pain, and although a prison neurologist prescribed him an X-ray and a course of injections back in February, the treatment has not been administered.

The Shali City Court of Chechnya sentenced Zarema Musayeva, the mother of opposition activists Yangulbaev, to 3 years and 11 months in prison. The woman was accused of disrupting the activities of a correctional facility.

Eleven Ukrainian citizens held in the basement of the Georgian border checkpoint "Dariali" on the border with Russia have begun an indefinite hunger strike. More than 90 Ukrainian citizens deported from Russia are there with them, many for more than a month. It is reported that among them are people with HIV and tuberculosis.

Crimean Tatar journalist Amet Suleimanov, who was sentenced to 12 years, reported a deterioration in his health. While serving his sentence in the Vladimir Central prison, he continues to suffer from high blood pressure; he has had a second hypertensive crisis.