Alina Radu

Affiliated media: Newspaper 'Ziarul de Garda', Journalist

Incident date: October 21, 2020

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Stopfals.md

Location: Moldova, Kishinev

Additional information:

In the midst of the presidential election campaign, Bogdan Tirdea, a deputy of the ruling party, published a book attacking several NGOs and independent media, whom Tirdea accused of being "cuttlefish", "sharks", "mercenaries", "foreign agents" who work for George Soros and foreign funds against the Socialist Party and promote Maia Sandu as a presidential candidate. Among the journalists who were attacked was Alina Radu, whom he called "Soros's mouthpiece."