Jamil Mammadli

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: March 29, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Khachmaz

Additional information:

The Khachmaz District Court chaired by Anar Sadigov began considering a claim against freelance journalist Jamil Mammadli. A lawsuit against him as a private criminal charge was filed by the head of the Executive Power of the neighboring Guba region Ziyaddin Aliyev. The head of the region asks the court to bring the journalist to justice under Article 147-2 (defamation of a serious crime) of the Criminal Code. At the request of the lawyer, the consideration of the application on the merits was postponed to April 2.