Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: azerbaycanrealligi.com, Online publication

Incident date: January 22, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The company "Salam Tur" opened civil proceedings against the website "azerbaycanrealligi.com". The company demanded that the site be fined 10,000 manat for an article written in the context of public discussions.

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