Six people convicted in connection with the events of October 4, 2025, in Tbilisi have been set free following the conclusion of plea agreements with the prosecutor's office. This was reported on October 16 by the television channel TV Pirveli.

Shahizyar Huseynova, who took part in a demonstration against restrictions on wearing the hijab in Azerbaijani schools, has been placed in custody for four months. This was reported by her husband, Aga Huseynov, an activist with the "Muslim Unity" movement.

In Chechnya, Akhmad and Salakh Khaskhanov—brothers of Arbi Khaskhanov, who escaped from a military base in Khankala to avoid being sent to fight in the war against Ukraine—have been abducted. This was reported by the outlet *Kavkaz.Realii*, citing human rights defender Roza Dunaeva, who represents Ichkeria in Austria. According to her, the relatives are being held in an effort to force the young man himself to return to the republic.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan has ordered that former police officers Shamil Aliyev and Ramazan Saypulayev—convicted for the torture of Yulduz Kurashova and the fabrication of a criminal case against her—be sent to a penal colony. On October 14, the court converted their suspended sentences into actual prison terms, according to the human rights organization "Team Against Torture." The case had been under review for the fourth time.

A recent decision by Azerbaijani authorities regarding a standardized school uniform—aligned with the principles of secular education—has sparked debate both within the country and abroad. Amidst protests against restrictions on wearing the hijab in schools, various politicians and public figures have voiced their positions. Their assessments have been sharply divided: some cite a violation of the right to education, while others point to the need to protect the state's secular nature and warn against attempts to politicize religious issues.

Amidst protests against restrictions on the hijab in schools, demonstrations took place outside educational institutions in Baku and other parts of Azerbaijan.

Ekrem Mamedov, a Crimean Tatar entrepreneur convicted by a Russian military court, will continue serving his sentence in Adygea. Zarema Barieva, a representative of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, reported details regarding his new place of detention.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the right to a fair trial was violated in the treason case of Rauf Mirkadyrov, a former columnist for the Russian-language Azerbaijani newspaper *Zerkalo*. The journalist stated that the Strasbourg court’s decision helped restore his reputation, though he lamented having to wait twelve and a half years after his arrest for this outcome.

Preparations are underway to transfer four Crimean Tatar women—accused by Russian authorities of involvement with "Hizb ut-Tahrir," an organization banned in the Russian Federation—from Simferopol to Rostov-on-Don. The Southern District Military Court has extended their detention until March 28, 2027.

A makeshift memorial dedicated to journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been destroyed outside the Moscow building on Lesnaya Street where she lived and was killed. The memorial had appeared the previous day, on the 20th anniversary of her murder.