The defense team for Chechen teenager Muslim Murdiyev intends to appeal the sentence, according to Chechen Human Rights Commissioner Mansur Soltayev. He noted that Murdiyev has already served 11.5 months under house arrest and has one year remaining in prison.

Азербайджанский правозащитник, глава Центра мониторинга выборов и обучения демократии (ЦМВОД) Анар Мамедли, находящийся под арестом, лишен доступа к необходимой медицинской помощи. Его отец и адвокат сообщают об обострении у заключенного артроза коленного сустава.

Mansur Gneev, a Muslim blogger from the Krasnodar Krai, remains unavailable for contact with his family after his arrest on September 23. He was reportedly beaten during a search, and suffered health problems in pretrial detention, possibly with an eye injury. Gneev's wife doubts the veracity of the report about his phone call to his family.

The Armenian Court of Appeals has remanded Georgian citizen Georgiy Kinoyan in custody. Russian authorities are demanding his extradition.

Circassian Media journalist and Circassian activist Larisa Tuptsokova, who lives in Georgia, announced that a criminal case has been opened against her in Russia for participating in an extremist organization. The publication previously reported on attempts to use a fake website to link her to the "Circassian Cultural Center," which is recognized as extremist in Russia.

Mansur Gneev, a 23-year-old Muslim blogger known for criticizing the nationalist organization "Russian Community," has been detained in the Krasnodar Krai. A criminal case has been opened against him under the "extremism" law for a video published on his YouTube channel.

In his defense speech at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, Anar Mammadli, an Azerbaijani human rights activist and head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC), claimed that the criminal prosecution was politically motivated, comparing it to Soviet repression.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is considering granting priority status to a class action lawsuit filed by Georgian NGOs against the "foreign agent" law, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) announced.

Aslan Artsuyev, director of the European Center for Human Rights – Ichkeria and Chechen blogger and lawyer, has been placed on the federal wanted list in Russia. According to Rosfinmonitoring, a criminal case has been opened against him on terrorism charges.

A Moscow court found Chechen-born businessman Islam Amirkhanov guilty of inciting hatred for a video posted on a Telegram channel.