Affiliated media: Azeri Press Agency, Holding company

Incident date: August 7, 2018

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: BBC

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

Websites owned by the government-controlled holding company APA have shut down. The media holding's management said it was ceasing operations. Prior to the sites closing, APA offered its apologies for a mistake made when distributing a speech by the president on its sites.