Aygun Muradkhanli - Justice for Journalists

Aygun Muradkhanli

Affiliated media: Global.az, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: January 26, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: AzNews.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The chairman of the non-governmental organization 'Coalition of Public Control', Rasim Mammadov, filed a lawsuit against the well-known journalist, Aygun Muradkhanli, for defamation and humiliation. He is requesting her arrest. The case has already been filed and the first hearing is scheduled for 8 February. The plaintiff believes that the journalist accused him of separatism, fraud and other crimes on Facebook and YouTube social media channels.

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