modern.az - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: modern.az, News website

Incident date: December 14, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

In December, the company named 'AAAF Inshaat' sued 21 news websites for an article with the same content. The company claimed compensation of 50,000 manats from each website. The lawsuit was related to the publication of the company’s tax checks. The court dismissed all lawsuit. Only olke.az website was obliged to publish the retraction.

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