The Kiev District Court of Simferopol extended the arrest of Memet Lyumanov, Aziz Azizov, Rustem Osmanov and Mustafa Abduramanov until August 2. Criminal cases were opened against Crimean Tatars for participation in a political party in Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Thousands of people took part in protests against the adoption of the law on foreign agents in Tbilisi near the parliament building. As last time, the police used rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas to disperse them.

Citizen journalist Rustem Sheykhaliev, sentenced to 14 years, was transferred to the Yeniseisk prison in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A week before this he spent in a pre-trial detention center in Krasnoyarsk.

The Special Investigation Service of Georgia has launched an investigation into the abuse of official powers of law enforcement officers in relation to demonstrators near the parliament building in Tbilisi.

Today in Makhachkala another picket took place in support of political prisoner-journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The action was attended by Magomed Magomedov, deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication.

Dagestan activist Ulker Gashimova complained about pressure from the investigation. During the interrogation, the investigator pushed her, said the mother of the accused, Gulnara Alekberova.

The Malgobek City Court of Ingushetia extended the arrest of Leila Gatagazheva for two months. The 21-year-old mother of two is accused of aiding ISIS (a banned terrorist organization).

The Khasavyurt City Court sentenced policemen Shamil Aliyev and Ramazan Saipulaev to suspended sentences. They were found guilty of abuse of power with the use of violence and falsification of evidence, the Team Against Torture reported.

The Kiev District Court in Simferopol extended until August 3 the arrest of Crimean Tatars from Dzhankoy and Dzhankoy district - Enver Khalilayev, Nariman Ametov, Ali Mamutov, activist Arsen Kashka and the imam of the mosque in the village of Lobanovo Vakhid Mustafayev.

The head of the Meclis.info website Imran Aliyev became a defendant in the second criminal case. He was charged under Article 206.3.1 (smuggling - in case of repetition), and before that - under Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code (smuggling by a group of persons). The sanctions for both articles are the same - imprisonment from 5 to 8 years.