The United States called on the Georgian authorities to protect the rights of former President Mikheil Saakashvili and provide him with adequate medical care. He has been imprisoned in Tbilisi for more than a year and a half, his health condition is critical and constantly deteriorating.

In April, an ex-policeman from North Ossetia, Vadim Tekhov, who killed his ex-wife, was pardoned by presidential decree as having served in Ukraine for six months in the Storm Z unit. This explains the fact that the relatives of the victims saw him walking freely on the streets of Vladikavkaz.

Eyewitnesses spotted former policeman Vadim Tekhov on the streets of Vladikavkaz. In 2019, he was sentenced to 16 years for the murder of his ex-wife. However, in the fall of 2022, the killer was released to participate in the war against Ukraine as part of the Wagner PMC.

The European Court of Human Rights has published judgments in the cases of three Azerbaijani journalists and a religious activist, ruling to pay them compensation. They complained about the groundlessness of their detention.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunya Mijatović expressed concern about the situation in the field of human rights in Azerbaijan. She called unacceptable the ongoing pressure and persecution of journalists, human rights activists and representatives of civil society.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Murmansk arrested for two months Shamil Aliev-Gasanov, a 19-year-old native of Dagestan, accused of setting fire to the regional military enlistment office. He was charged with committing a terrorist act (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code)

After a long time, human rights activists cooperating with the "Public Verdict" fund managed to get medical assistance to a native of Ingushetia, Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. He was kept under torture conditions in colony No. 10 of Astrakhan.

The Fifth Court of Cassation upheld a fine of 50 thousand rubles for stand-up comic Ariana Lolaeva for an anti-war post. This was reported by the Center for the Protection of Human Rights "Memorial".

On May 16, the Nazran District Court imposed a fine on two Astrakhan colonies - IK-8 and IK-10 - for failing to provide the requested materials on disciplinary proceedings against prisoner Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. According to human rights activists who went to court, he was denied treatment and was wrongfully placed in a punishment cell.

Maikop garrison military court sentenced serviceman Gurgen Hakobyan to 5.5 years in a penal colony. He was found guilty of leaving the military unit without permission during the period of mobilization.