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The prosecutor has asked to sentence Andrei Pivovarov, a former executive director of the "Open Russia"*, to five years in prison and to ban him from being elected to power bodies for eight years, his advocate has informed.

The Strasbourg Court has concluded that the investigating authorities violated the article on the right to life of the Convention on Human Rights by refusing to investigate the murder of writer and publicist Rafik Tagi, and awarded compensation of 12,000 euros to his widow.

A court placed under arrest five employees of a drug and alcohol addiction treatment centre located in the Absheron District of Azerbaijan after one of the patients died. According to the investigators’ version, the victim was kept by force at the centre and subjected to torture there.

While interrogating relatives of Isabella Evloeva, the editor-in-chief of the "Fortanga" oppositional Ingush outlet, law enforcers tried to find out the whereabouts of Isabella, who is accused within the case of spreading fakes about the Russian Army. Law enforcers intend to constantly question her relatives, while she was engaged in journalism, Ms Evloeva herself has stated.

Authorities fail to make due efforts to investigate crimes against sexual minorities and are unable to prevent attacks on them in public places, Baku residents and activists have stated.

Today, several dozen parents of militaries who perished in the autumn war of 2020 have gathered in front of the building of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia. The protestors have requested the National Security Service of Armenia to interrogate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in a criminal case, the charge in which, according to the protestors, should be changed to high treason.

The self-withdrawal of the third judge in the case of Zarema Musaeva indicates the unwillingness of the judiciary in Chechnya to be involved in considering the case of Musaeva, whose husband, Saidi Yangulbaev, is their former colleague, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Those responsible for organizing riots in Tbilisi on July 5, 2021, have not yet been punished, despite numerous victims from the aggression of LGBT opponents, activists have stated at a protest held in the capital of Georgia.

Roman Mamedov, 39, a resident of Baku, has recorded a video with threats against LGBT activists, after which he was detained by the police; and a criminal case was opened against him for hooliganism, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (NIA) has reported. Mamedov's actions can be qualified much harder than hooliganism, Elchin Sadygov, a lawyer, believes.

The judgement on Magomed Suleimanov's case is a resonant event, since officials' acquittals are rare, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, believes. Officials' arrests trigger some resonance, but the public doesn't care about their further fate, Gadjimurad Sagitov, the editor-in-chief of the "Novoye Delo" (New Case) outlet, is sure.

Judges of the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) have accused Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, the head of the "Institute of Public Policy", of contempt of the court during the consideration of his complaint.

On July 5, a court in Grozny extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, accused of assaulting a law enforcer, until September 12. An ambulance was called for Musaeva during the trial, but doctors concluded that she could take part in the court session, her son, Abubakar Yangulbaev, has informed.

A mass fight, which occurred in the town of Kovdor in the Murmansk Region and during which four persons were injured, has no interethnic background, members of the Azerbaijani community of the Murmansk Region say. The Ombudsperson for the Murmansk Region also believes that the conflict could be caused by a crime or property issues.

A court in Baku has postponed until July 18 the consideration of the criminal case on the murder of Avaz Shikhmamedov (Khafizli), a reporter and LGBT activist. The court session was postponed because one of the judges went on vacation.

At their solo pickets held in central Makhachkala, Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" outlet, demanded to stop persecuting journalists, while Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the outlet, has called for the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.