Affiliated media: MBK Media , News outlet
Incident date: June 22, 2020
Attack type:
- Selective application of repressive laws
- Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: MBK Media
Location: Russia, Republic of Dagestan
Additional information:
The Ministry of Health of Dagestan demands to remove and refute the news that the management of the Tsakhayev Republican Center for Traumatology and Orthopedics threatened to fire the medical workers who had founded the labour union. The officials threatened the media with a lawsuit for the publication «discrediting the honour and dignity of the persons mentioned in it, insulting and belittling the status of the Ministry of Health of Dagestan as a state authority in the region».