The heads of administrations of cities and districts of Karachay-Cherkessia were sent notifications demanding to provide information about teachers and students. The Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs is making inquiries about those who attend schools wearing clothes with religious paraphernalia, the Caucasian Knot reports.

Crimean Tatar journalist Remzi Bekirov, sentenced to 19 years, was transferred from prison No. 2 in Yeniseisk. First, he must be delivered to a transit transfer point in Krasnoyarsk.

The Main Spiritual Administration of Muslims in North Ossetia recommended that believers refuse to wear the niqab. This was announced by the Deputy Mufti of the Republic Ibrahim Dzagurov.

Doctoral student at Istanbul University, economist Fazil Gasimov has been on a hunger strike in Baku pre-trial detention center No. 1 for 25 days. He protests against illegal criminal prosecution.

The “Union of Chechens of France” appealed to the country’s authorities with a request to promptly investigate the murder of Chechen refugee Islam Taikhaev. He was beaten in the city of Cahors and died two days later from his injuries.

The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic considers wearing the niqab prohibited until the identified threats are eliminated and a new theological conclusion is reached. This was announced by the head of the Muslim Spiritual Directorate of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Chairman of the Coordination Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus (KCMSC) Ismail Berdiev.

A criminal case against a native of Karachay-Cherkessia Alibek Chagilov has been transferred to the Southern District Military Court. He is accused of participating in an armed rebellion and encroaching on the lives of law enforcement officers.

Despite the court's decision, Albek Dakhtaev, a convict from Chechnya, is denied transfer to a colony closer to his family's place of residence. For many years he was kept in remote places of detention, subjected to abuse. This is stated on the website of the “Civic Assistance” project.

A criminal case was opened against Taimuraz Dudayev, a teacher at a boarding school in the city of Alagir, for desecration of the state flag (Article 329 of the Criminal Code).

The Council of Europe Committee against Torture (CAT) has published a declaration reporting the refusal of the Azerbaijani authorities to cooperate.