Mehman Huseynov - Justice for Journalists

Mehman Huseynov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: September 7, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

On September 6, Surakhani District Court of Baku dismissed the lawsuit of Anar Mammadov, the son of the former Minister of Transport Ziya Mammadov, against the blogger Mehman Huseynov. The reason for the complaint was the dissemination of photos of expensive cars owned by Mammadov in London on social networks. The arguments of the defendant and his lawyer Shahla Humbatova were accepted at the hearing, as a result of which the lawsuit was dismissed.

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