Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Yeni Müsavat, Newspaper

Incident date: September 10, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Musvat

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The company "Ko'ak Gold" sued the newspaper "Yeni M'savat" in a civil order. A lawsuit against the named Turkish company is underway in Azerbaijan. The newspaper published reports of these court hearings. The company is demanding 500,000. U.S. dollars in compensation from the newspaper, which had published information from an open trial.

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