PRO TV Chisinau - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: PRO TV Chisinau, TV channel

Incident date: September 10, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Moldova, Drochia

Additional information:

The ruling Socialist Party has filed a lawsuit against PRO TV Chisinau and presenter Lorena Bogza, who were accused of disseminating false information and non-compliance with the presumption of innocence in one of the episodes of the "In profunzime" talk show. The TV channel regards the ruling party's lawsuit as groundless and as an attempt to exert pressure during the election campaign.

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