Appeals proceedings for the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh are beginning in Baku. They previously received prison sentences in Azerbaijan, including life imprisonment.

The Khasavyurt City Court of Dagestan has issued a verdict against police officers Shamil Aliyev and Ramazan Saypulayev, as well as operational commissioner Maya Akhmedova. Their case concerned accusations of torture and fabricated criminal charges against Yulduz Kurashova, according to the "Team Against Torture."

On the night of May 26, opposition journalist Afgan Sadigov posted a video message from Baku airport, claiming that authorities had prevented him from leaving Azerbaijan.

A court in Cherkessk (Karabakh-Cherkess Republic) fined Jamal Bostanov three thousand rubles. The local resident was found guilty of distributing materials deemed extremist (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

The former head of the Alushta Muslim community, Lenur Khalilov, has been in a Federal Penitentiary Service medical facility in the Arkhangelsk region for two months. He is being held due to serious illnesses, including liver cancer.

22-year-old Crimean Tatar Fevziye Osmanova, along with other female inmates, was transferred to a cell in the men's wing of Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in Simferopol. This was reported by her mother, Elyanora Osmanova.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Russian authorities violated the right to freedom of religion of Yusuf Ashirov, the former imam of the Alushta Crimean Tatar community. The court ordered Russia to pay €7,500 in compensation.

Azerbaijan's Supreme Court rejected the appeal of political scientist and editor of OC Media, Bahruz Samadov, who was previously sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of treason. The ruling was issued on Thursday.

The arrest of Ingush theologian and public figure Akhmed Tangiyev has been announced.

The Baku Court of Grave Crimes sentenced Elgiz Mammadov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), to three years in prison. He was found guilty of drug possession and trafficking. Mammadov denied the charges, claiming the case was politically motivated.