CBN (Central Ukraine News Bureau) - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: CBN (Central Ukraine News Bureau), News website

Incident date: November 29, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: CBN (Central Ukraine News Bureau)

Location: Ukraine, Kirovohrad Oblast, Kropyvnytskyi

Additional information:

The local plant of hydraulic machines Tsucrogidromash filed a lawsuit against CBN and its editor-in-chief Andriy Lysenko. The company demands to refute the information stated in the article from October 14, «Kropyvnytskyi-based enterprise fell under the sanctions of the National Security and Defence Council», to be recognized as unreliable and humiliating business reputation. It is worth noting that a few days after the publication, representatives of the enterprise privately demanded that the media remove the article and apologize.

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