Affiliated media: Qafqazinfo.az, News portal

Incident date: September 11, 2024

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Musavat Party has filed a lawsuit against Qafqazinfo.az news portal. The reason for the complaint was the Qafqazinfo.az publication about the meeting on 12 August of the head of Musavat and chairman of the Majlis of the Party - Arif Hajily and Isa Gambar with the head of the EU Delegation to Baku Peter Michalko and Ambassadors of EU countries in Azerbaijan. Immediately after the end of the meeting the Musavat disseminated a press release about it. However, a number of media outlets, including Qafqazinfo.az spread distorted information about the meeting, its participants, objectives and issues discussed. The Musavat demanded a refutation from Qafqazinfo.az. However, the website refused to do so, and therefore it was decided to appeal to the court.