Madina Sageeva - Justice for Journalists

Madina Sageeva

Affiliated media: free-view.org (Ossetia. Free view), Editor-in-chief

Incident date: July 10, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Abon News

Location: Russia, North Ossetia–Alania Republic, Vladikavkaz

Additional information:

The elder brother of Taymuraz Bitarov, head of Northern Ossetia, threatened Ossetia. Free view editor-in-chief Madina Sageeva with a lawsuit in the sum of one million rubles for her anti-corruption investigation. He filed a lawsuit with the court for the protection of his honour and dignity. In 2018, Bitarov won a suit against Sageeva; the court obligated the journalist to publish a retraction.

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