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Ali Aliev, the chair of the “Citizens and Development” Party, was sentenced to six months of imprisonment on a complaint about insulting honour and dignity. As a result, the activist’s total prison term in three criminal cases was increased to a year. The defence plans to file an appeal against the court’s decision.

The Stavropol Territorial Court has left Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of Ingush People, in custody until September 25. The judge would not listen to his defence's arguments that he suffers from the coronary heart disease.

Vidadi Iskenderov, an Azeri human rights defender and an immigrant living in France, was detained after an attack on him. The French prosecutor's office found out that he had used cold arms in self-defence, recognized him as a victim and released him; the police took Iskenderov under protection.

The state prosecutor has asked the court to sentence one of the figurants in the murder case of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal to 15 years in prison, and the three other defendants – to life imprisonment.

A public prosecutor requested court to sentence Pyunkhan Kerimli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), to seven and a half years of imprisonment on charge of drug trafficking. The defence stated that there was no reliable evidence of the Pyunkhan Kerimli’s guilt and requested court to acquit the defendant.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan did not grant a cassation appeal against the sentence of Ali Aliev, a leader of an opposition party. The defence promised to file a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The police did not allow activists, who supported a protest of Talekh Bagirzade against insults of Allah by law enforcers, to approach the administration of the President of Azerbaijan.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a violation of the right to life of a Chechen villager, who was wounded by law enforcers during a counterterrorist operation (CTO). Russia is obliged to pay EUR 40,000 in compensation for his suffered moral harm.

Three religious activists detained in Sumgait for writing on a wall in support of the Talekh Bagirzade’s demands were sentenced to ten days of imprisonment under the charge of petty hooliganism. Human rights defenders called such a punishment too harsh.

According to the FSB, law enforcers carried out an operation against illegal “gunsmiths” in 38 regions of Russia, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, North Ossetia, the Stavropol Territory, the Rostov and Volgograd Regions.

An attempt of Insa Lander, a blogger from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to escape to Georgia may have to do with the judicial practice on similar cases – for the entire time this article was applied, there was not a single acquittal, Dmitry Zakhvatov, an advocate, believes.

Three religious activists were detained in Sumgait after they wrote on a wall in a public place the slogan reading: “Punish those who insult Allah!” in support of Talekh Bagirzade’s demands. One of the activists were sentenced to ten days of arrest, and two others are being kept in Sumgait police departments.

Insa Lander, a blogger from Kabardino-Balkaria, who escaped from house arrest to Georgia, but got stuck on neutral zone between the countries, has no right to leave for a third country without the permission of the Georgian authorities. This was noted by experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

During the week of June 13-19, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.