Affiliated media: Nokta.md, Journalists

Incident date: July 30, 2020

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Nokta.md

Location: Moldova, Comrat

Additional information:

Inna Vlach, the deputy mayor of the Comrat municipality, threatened the news portal Nokta.md with the lawsuit after they published the news story about primaries being sued by councillors. She accused the news portal of spreading fakes. Her husband, who is the Information and Security Service representative in the Gagauz autonomy, was also involved in threatening journalists.