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Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov went on a hunger strike to protest against the pressure on him and extortion of money in a penal colony. According to his spouse, the convicted journalist also urged diplomats to visit him.

A case against Aslanbek and Salambek Idalov brothers, accused of banditry and an attack on the Russian federal troops in the Shelkovsky District of Chechnya in 1999, has been submitted to the court.

Many priests of the Georgian Orthodox Church have accused the organizers of the "Tbilisi Pride" of the July 5 incident and regard that the use of violence was justified. However, some priests called violence against any people unacceptable.

The attacks of LGBT opponents on journalists in Tbilisi could turn into a media vs. authorities confrontation, which will exacerbate the political crisis. The incident has affected the "Georgian Dream" ratings; while the West may impose sanctions and suspend economic aid to the country, Georgian analysts believe.

A journalist and an oppositionist, who were detained on July 12 during a protest action near the office of the "Georgian Dream" Party, were injured; one of them was hospitalized.

At the rally held near the office of the "Georgian Dream" Party, law enforcers detained 12 people. Protesters promise to come there again until their demands – the resignation of Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, and the government; and the investigation into the death of Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company – are satisfied.

A 27-year-old resident of Ingushetia provided food and transport to members of an illegal armed formation (IAF), and also kept a bomb and a grenade at home, investigators assert.

Razi Gumbatov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" movement, who was arrested within a drug dealing case, was deprived of the opportunity to contact his family and invite a lawyer of his choice, his defence has stated in an appeal complaint against his arrest. Gumbatov had been conducting an anti-drug campaign in his dwelling settlement by warning young people against drug use, the movement has stated.

During the week from July 5 to July 11, 2021, at least one person perished during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

The protesters have commemorated the cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company, who died after being beaten up, demanded resignation of the Georgian government and read out the names of the journalists who had been beaten up while covering the gay pride parade in Tbilisi.

The guide of a search group of the Emergency Situations Service (ESS) of Nagorno-Karabakh has lost his leg by stepping on a mine while searching for the casualties' bodies and remains in the battle zone.

Peacekeepers ensured the safety of pilgrims from Stepanakert during their visits to the Amaras and Ganzasar monasteries on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh controlled by Azerbaijan, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

Tofig Yagublu, a member of the Coordination Centre for the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), was banned from flying from Azerbaijan to Georgia to attend his mother’s funeral. The decision was made at the level of the country’s authorities and is biased, the oppositionist says.

The Georgian police detained David Kutaladze, who became the fifth suspect accused of beating up Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the “TV Pirveli” TV Company.

34-year-old driver Elshan Eivaz oglu Khalilov was injured as a result of a bomb explosion in the village of Garakhanbeili in the Fizuli District, the regional Prosecutor’s Office reported.

The victims of blackmailing by means of intimate photos are facing threats to their lives in Northern Caucasus. At the same time, Russian social networks fail to react to demands to remove the photo; while policemen are not always ready to investigate blackmail cases, human rights defenders assert.

Journalists and opposition supporters took to large-scale actions in Tbilisi and other large cities of Georgia demanding resignation of the government and an inquiry into the death of Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company.

Karabakh rescuers found remains of three more persons who perished in battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh. The total number of bodies and remains of Armenian militaries found has reached 1604.

The armed incident in Grozny was at least the eighth attack on policemen with knives in Northern Caucasus since May 2018. Five attacks were committed in 2019.

Relatives found Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company, who was beaten up during riots at actions against the gay parade in Tbilisi, dead.