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Mekhti Ibragimov, a son of a Mamed Ibragim, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was sent to a quarantine centre, despite the court's decision to place him under house arrest. Advocate Agil Laidjev treats such a transfer of his client as a violation of the law.

In Ingushetia, the number of reports about attacks on law enforcers increased after the republic was headed by Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, human rights defenders note. The increase in the number of armed incidents will not affect the Kremlin's attitude towards Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, since the Ingush leader is not able to change the situation, Caucasus expert Akhmet Yarlykapov believes.

Orkhan Salimzade, an activist of the youth committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested for 30 days on charges of disobeying the police. The party treats the accusation as far-fetched, and the reason for the arrest – as political.

The natives from Chechnya, who were plotting revenge for their fellow countryman in Saint-Dizier, revealed excessive cohesion; after the new incident, French authorities will certainly limit the provision of asylum, the members of the Chechen Diaspora interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Dagestani law enforcement bodies provide the population with insufficient information on the ongoing special operations and the involvement of the accused in terrorism, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The case of the death of Madina Umaeva, a resident of Gudermes, will get new direction under recommendations of the regional branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, has hoped. However, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that investigators will carry out all the required actions, but there are no guarantees that the inquiry into the case will really restart.

After the unsanctioned rally in support of the Azerbaijani Army in Baku, authorities have arrested opposition activists and leaders on false criminal charges, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights organization, has stated, demanding the release the detainees.

Tamaz Khomasuridze has been holding a hunger strike for the second day in front of the building of the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia. The protestor insists that his son was not involved in the murder of football player Giorgi Shakarashvili. The protester threatens to move to more drastic measures and commit suicide if his son is not tested on a polygraph.

In Baku, the court granted the defence motion to transfer Mekhti Ibragimov, a son of Mamed Ibragim, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, to house arrest. Today, Mekhti Ibragimov has stopped his hunger strike which he started on August 10.

Ismail Gasanov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), continues his hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) for the third day, but he was provided with no medical care. Gasanov is still not allowed to call his relatives, although two calls a week are allowed for arrested persons by the law.

On August 18, Fuad Akhmedli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was released from the colony after his four-year prison term. He claims to have been convicted on trumped-up and politically motivated charges. Akhmedli said he would continue his political struggle.

After examining the alleged militants killed near Galashki, law enforcers found a service pistol that could have belonged to Uvais Aliev, a Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) serviceman shot dead three weeks ago, sources have informed.