vecherka.tj - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: vecherka.tj, Online news outlet

Incident date: October 27, 2020

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

News website vecherka.tj lost the court case on the civil suit of Tohir Ibrohimov who accused the website in the reputational damage for publishing article about abuse on the workplace. The court ordered the website to pay a fine of $200 and publish a retraction.

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