Elmidar Aliev

Affiliated media: AzToday.az, Chief editor

Incident date: December 2, 2019

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Araz.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Masalli

Additional information:

Former chief executive of the Salyan region, Takhir Kerimov, filed a lawsuit against the website "AzToday.az" and its editor Elmidar Aliev. The site had published an article about assets owned by a former official and his relatives in the UK. The article was based on data from the World Bank registry. The civil claim was partially awarded. The Lerik district court ordered the journalist to pay compensation in the amount of 2000 manat to the former official.