The UK has officially recognized the acts of genocide against the Yazidi ethno-religious minority committed by Islamic State militants in Iraq in 2014. “The Yazidi population suffered greatly at the hands of ISIS nine years ago, and the consequences are still being felt today. Justice and accountability are key for those whose lives have been destroyed,” said British Middle East Secretary Tariq Ahmad. Yazidis are an ethno-confessional a group of Yank Kurds with a homeland in Northern Iraq.

On the night of August 1, drones again attacked Moscow. Two UAVs were destroyed over the Moscow region, another one fell on the territory of Moscow City, the Ministry of Defense reported. “Several drones were shot down by air defense systems while attempting to fly to Moscow. One flew to the same tower in the City as last time,” Sergei Sobyanin wrote in his Telegram channel.

Over the past 24 hours, 12 people have been killed and another 103 injured as a result of attacks by the Russian army in Ukraine. On July 31, the Russian army shelled a multi-story building and a college in Krivoy Rog, said the head of the local OVA, Sergei Lysak. According to him, six people died as a result of the attack, and at least 80 victims are also known. “Krivoy Rog is in mourning. Eternal memory to the innocent victims of Russian missiles.

The Chinese company Hikvision continues to sell artificial intelligence to local authorities, which was created to spy on Uyghurs and repress ethnic minorities in the country. Hikvision previously stated that their software can no longer be used to spy on Uyghurs. However, the research team found a company contract, according to which Hikvision received six million dollars for software identifying Uighurs.

France once again broke the anti-record for the number of prisoners in the country - as of July 1, 2023, there were 74 thousand 513 people behind bars, almost two and a half thousand more than in 2022. According to the French Ministry of Justice, the overall occupancy rate in prisons is now almost 123%. For pre-trial detention centers this figure is almost 150%.

The telegram channel Baza, associated with the security forces, stated that during the past 24 hours in Kazan, Omsk, St. Petersburg, Podolsk, Kaluga, Verkhneuralsk, Rossoshi, Mozhaisk and Kopeysk, attempts were made to set fire to nine military registration and enlistment offices. “Almost all” arsonists allegedly received calls from scammers who encouraged them to commit arson.

A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced Iranian journalists Saida Shaifi and Nasim Sultanbeigi to four years and three months in prison. They were found guilty of speaking against national security" and "propaganda against the regime." The court also banned female journalists from leaving the country and joining social and political associations in the next two years. The third defendant in the case, Mernoush Hanzaki, was completely acquitted and released in the courtroom.

The Ministry of Justice of Belarus filed a lawsuit to liquidate the public association “Belarusian Association of Gypsies “Roma””. The organization was registered back in 1997 and is engaged in the integration of Roma into society and the fight against Romaphobia. The Minsk Regional Court will consider the issue of liquidation on August 23 According to the Commissioner for Religious and National Affairs, about 7 thousand Roma live in Belarus - 0.1% of the country's total population.

The Sergiev Posad City Court sentenced six associates of neo-Nazi Maxim Martsinkevich (Tesak) to 15 years in prison in the case of murders of migrants. Mediazona reports the verdict with reference to the lawyer of one of the accused. Semyon Tokmakov and Andrey Kyle received 15 years in prison, Alexey Gudilin and Pavel Khrulev - 13 years, Maxim Khotulev - 10 years, and Alexander Lysenkov - 8 years. All of them must serve their sentences in a maximum security colony.

The UK will give hundreds of new licenses for the development of oil and gas fields in the North Sea. Despite the calls of the UN and Eco-active_k, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak states that this will allow the country to be “more energy-dependent”. Sunak announced the issuance of new licenses on Monday July 31. Prime Minister's plans also include the obligation to invest 20 billion pounds in projects for carbon dioxide storage, the main factor in the global climatic crisis.

The troops of the Junta Myanmar raided the office of the student trade union in Budalin, in the north-west of the country. During the raid, the security forces killed three members of the organization: the 18-year-old President Kuzhin Vin Tan, the 19-year-old vice president Kyala Sin Nyen Chan and the 19-year-old press secretary to Tuta Naya. The representative of the trade union said that the security forces before the murder of the security forces cut down their tongues to the victims.

The first three weeks of July were the hottest three-week period on record, according to data presented at the Copernicus Climate Change Services conference. In addition, July 2023 is expected to be both the hottest July and the hottest month on record. “We don't have to wait until the end of the month to be sure of this. Unless a mini-ice age occurs in the coming days, July 2023 will break records across the board,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

The founder of the Left Resistance, Daria Polyudova, who is serving nine years in a penal colony in IK-4 in Kabardino-Balkaria, was sent to a punishment cell. The activist’s mother reported this. According to her, she learned about her daughter’s placement in a punishment cell from a FSIN employee who called her.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced the employee of the regional Ministry of Natural Resources Arthur Katrychko to the 12 years in the colony of maximum security colony article About "Gosizman". This was reported by the regional press service of the courts, as well as TASS and RIA Novosti. Arthur Katrychko Personal archive The sentence entered into force after an attempt to appeal.

Several international organizations for the rights of Zhunalista_K stood in support of the arrested correspondent of the Crimean Solidarity and Grani.ru Kulamet Ibraimov and the detained correspondent of the ґrati publication and the human rights activist of Crimean solidarity, Lutfia Zudieva.