Avaz Zeynally

Affiliated media: Khural TV , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: August 10, 2021

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: voicepress.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Fizuli Mammadov, a businessman, president of the Inter Sever group of companies and president of the Union of Azerbaijanis of Russia, filed a lawsuit against the head of Xural TV. The businessman also sued Reaksiya TV and its head Zaur Gariboglu for publications made in the context of public discussions. The courts in those cases obliged the journalists to apologize, remove the controversial material, and pay compensation.