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The court has refused to satisfy the motion demanding to stop prosecuting activists within the case of an unsanctioned march in Baku. Activists claim that there are no proofs of their guilt.

Three sappers have been hospitalized after a bomb exploded when they were demining the territory of one of the villages in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Baku claims a violation of the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh signed on November 10, 2020. Armenia is transferring its soldiers to the territory where the Russian peacekeepers are deployed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

Today, attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used to attack the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

According to Hajj operators, the mass performance of a small Hajj pilgrimage by Russian citizens is possible only if the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 is recognized by the Saudi Arabian authorities. The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia has requested the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to legalize Sputnik V vaccine.

Participants of a protest action held in front of the Armenian government building left the place after a meeting with the press secretary of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Azerbaijan admits keeping 45 Armenian citizens, while the Armenian side has collected data about 280 prisoners of war (POWs), human rights defender Artak Zeinalyan notes.

The state of health of Ogtai Gyulyalyev is assessed as stably grave, but doctors note some positive dynamics. He remains unconscious, but already reacts to appeals, his relatives have informed.

Armenian militaries have shelled the positions of their Azerbaijani opponents stationed near the Heydarabad settlement in the Sadarak District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

At the court session, an advocate asked the court to summon Yunus-Bek Evkurov, a former head of Ingushetia, and Zyalimkhan Evloev, a former Prime Minister of Ingushetia, as witnesses in the case of Magas protesters. Ten defence witnesses have confirmed the defendants' innocence.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has found legitimate the investigator's refusal to investigate the girl's abduction by her relatives, from whom she tried to hide, the Russian LGBT Network* has informed. The girl asserted that her family had learned about her sexual orientation; and her life was in danger.

Based on the application submitted by Aslan Iritov, the head of the NGO "Volny Aul" (Free Village), about his beating by policemen, a Nalchik court has obliged investigators to check the information.

In Dagestan, a local resident will appear before the court, as investigators treat him as a member of the banned religious association "At-Takfir Wal-Hijra"*.

South Ossetia has held events in memory of the victims of the "Five-Day War" that began on August 8, 2008. Residents of Tskhinvali, who refused to attend these events, prefer to personally share their memories with their descendants. Those who attended them believe that such events are important for the next generations to remember the history.

Ramzan Kadyrov got a certificate of the candidate from the “Edinaya Rossiya” (United Russia) Party in the election for the leader of Chechnya, scheduled for September 19.

Public prosecutor asked the court to sentence Rafig Bairamov, the former Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Culture, to 10 years of imprisonment for abuse of power. The defence demanded to remove the arrest from the Rafig Bairamov’s bank account and claimed he was not guilty.

The Azerbaijani armed forces used their positions in the city of Shushi to shell the Armenian positions near the villages of Mkhitarashen and Shosh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported. Villagers asked for peacekeepers to be deployed in the area, and the recent shelling attacks have again highlighted the security concerns, local residents complain.

Lachin Veliev, a supporter of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, and a former member of the “Musavat” Party, was hospitalized on the ninth day of his hunger strike. After being forced to accept food, Lachin Veliev stopped the action he was holding in protest against the extension of his arrest.

A Baku court has upheld the verdict to the Azerbaijani citizens who had earlier been found guilty of complicity with the "Islamic State" (IS or ISIL), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, and sentenced to terms ranging from two and a half to eight years in prison.

On August 9, Armenian militaries shelled the positions of Azerbaijani troops stationed in the Sadarak District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

On August 10, Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), will be transferred to the medical unit of the colony where he is serving his term, his son has informed. However, the medical unit has no equipment and facilities for treating serious diseases, but the custody conditions there are better, human rights defenders have explained.