Citizen journalist Rustem Sheykhaliev, sentenced to 14 years, was unable to participate in the hearing to consider the appeal against his sentence via video conferencing from pre-trial detention center No. 3 in Novocherkassk. He suffered severe nosebleeds twice.

The police arrested for 15 days under the article “Minor Hooliganism” of the political observer of Jamnews Jamnews Shakhin Rzayev. Earlier, he periodically expressed criticism of the authorities of Azerbaijan and became known as a participant in civil society projects.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan sent two operatives of the police department in the Soviet district of Makhachkala in the case of torture by a local resident Kurban Dalgatov, who died in the police department. At the same time, the investigation petitioned for the imprisonment of the security forces in custody.

Chechnya became the center of human rights violations in Russia in 2023. The international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch made these conclusions in its report.

Today in Makhachkala a weekly single picket was held in support of journalist-political prisoner Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. As soon as the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication, Magomed Magomedov, unfolded his poster, an unknown person approached him and showed him a poster with similar text.

A native of Ingushetia, Vakha Tsurov filed more than 20 lawsuits against the correctional institutions where he served his sentence since 2012. In particular, he demanded compensation in the amount of 100 thousand rubles because the administration of the Karelian colony imposed disciplinary sanctions on him for performing namaz.

With the release of Mikheil Saakashvili, it will be possible to reduce polarization in Georgia, which is the demand of its European friends and a significant part of the Georgian people. Citizens of the country living in the United States addressed Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili with this appeal.

Crimean Tatar Teymur Abdullaev, held in a colony in Salavat (Bashkortostan), complained of severe headaches and pain in his eyes. His mother demanded that the head of the colony's medical service examine her son.

In Makhachkala, two policemen were detained suspected of torture and murder of local resident Kurban Dalgatov at the police department. A criminal case has been filed against them for abuse of power. In total, nine security officials are already under investigation in this case.

The imam of the village of Privetnoye, Kirov region of Crimea, Ismail Yurdamov, was fined 8 thousand rubles on charges of “illegal missionary activity.” The judge refused to question defense witnesses - parishioners of the mosque where the imam conducts prayers.