Nalchik resident Timur Zhambekov claims he was tortured by security forces in 2017 and subsequently convicted of a crime he confessed to under duress. The "Team Against Torture" notes that since then, the Investigative Committee has refused to open a criminal case for torture 34 times.

Azerbaijani opposition journalist Afgan Sadigov held another protest outside the Georgian parliament building. He burned portraits of Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Afiyaddin Mamedov, a trade union activist imprisoned in Azerbaijan, has stopped contacting his family. 

Religious figure Akhmad Batlukhsky, who had previously criticized the local muftiate and its head, Akhmed Abdullayev, has been arrested in Dagestan. 

According to Memorial Human Rights Center, senior criminal investigator Miroshnichenko was dismissed from the FSB's Kabardino-Balkarian department "due to loss of trust."

Azerbaijani political prisoner and opposition figure Tofig Yagublu has been awarded the prestigious World Freedom Congress award, according to his daughter, Nigar Hazi.

Приговоренный в Азербайджане к 18 годам исследователь талышской культуры Игбал Абилов продолжает научную деятельность в заключении. Виртуальная Талышская национальная академия объявила о начале приема статей для научного альманаха Acta Talyshica («Талышские исследования»), который будет издаваться под редакцией Абилова.

Ранее освобожденного по состоянию здоровья бывшего председателя мусульманской общины «Алушта» в Крыму Ленура Халилова снова задержали. По данным «Крымской солидарности», силовики пришли к нему домой. Ни Халилову, ни его жене не сообщили, куда его доставили.

A criminal case against Khamidulla Yapov, accused of participating in a unit led by field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab during the Second Russo-Chechen War, has been referred to the Southern District Military Court.

Chechnya's Human Rights Commissioner, Mansur Soltayev, has called on Marina Akhmedova, a member of the Russian Presidential Council for Human Rights, to apologize for her critical remarks about Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov, whom she called "the most talkative general."