Событие Anar Mammadov - Justice for Journalists

Anar Mammadov

Affiliated media: criminal.az, Chief editor

Incident date: December 10, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: aqreqator.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Salyan

Additional information:

The investigator of the Salyan District Police Department filed a civil suit against the editor-in-chief of the criminal.az website, Anar Mamedov. The police department claimed that one of the articles on the site about criminal activity was not true. It was demanded that the journalist pay 10,000 manats in compensation.

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