Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) has said that there is "systematic police violence" against independent media in Georgia and has called on the EU to take action.

Since February 2023, Crimean Tatar political prisoner Server Zekiryaev has been regularly placed in a punishment cell in IK-1 in the Tula region. He has also been repeatedly placed in a cell-type facility (PKT). The reasons for his strict detention have never been given to him.

Convicted Crimean Tatar activist Ali Fedorov has been in solitary confinement in an Udmurt colony for the second month. He told his wife that he was sent to solitary confinement four times in a row.

A Baku court sentenced public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev to 10 years in prison. His apartment and money in bank accounts were also confiscated.

A collection of prayers called “The Fortress of a Muslim” was found in the homes of two residents of Karachay-Cherkessia as a result of searches. In Russia, it is included in the list of extremist materials.

The Vladikavkaz Garrison Court sentenced "SVO" participant Davyd Iluridze to five years in prison. Ego was found guilty of six episodes of abandoning a military unit.

Crimean Tatar human rights defender Riza Izetov has been held in the detention center IK-1 of Yakutia for more than a month. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison.

Medzhit Abdurakhmanov was sent to a solitary confinement cell for six months. It is not known what caused the punishment.

Another series of detainees was held in Batumi last night during a large-scale protest march demanding new parliamentary elections. In total, more than 10 people were detained, some were released by the morning. Mziya Amaglobela, the founder and director of the Batumelebi Newspaper publishing group, which unites Batumelebi and Netgazeti, is among the remaining detainees.

Georgievsky City Court of Stavropol sentenced Marat Rabadanov, Rajab Rajabov, Magomed Ramazanov and Zaurbeg Khalikov. They were sentenced to 10 years in the colony.