Avaz Zeynalli - Justice for Journalists

Avaz Zeynalli

Affiliated media: Khural TV , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: September 16, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Youtube channel Xural TV

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Ilgar Aliyev (the son of Agil Aliyev, the uncle of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and Ilham Almas oglu Mammadov filed a lawsuit against the editor-in-chief of Xural TV Avaz Zeynalli on special charges. The journalist is demanded to be arrested for libel and insult. The plaintiff says that the journalist's interview contained libellous and insulting expressions. The complaint has been accepted for processing.

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