Javid Shiraliev

Affiliated media: 7gun.az, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: June 11, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Azadliq.org

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The chief executive of the Masalli district, Rafil Guseynov, twice filed a civil lawsuit against the chief editor of the site "7gun.az", Javid Shiraliev. The chief executive, dissatisfied with articles published on "7gun.az" at various times about the economic situation in the Masalli district, demanded a refutation of the articles, an apology from the journalist and compensation of 3000 manat. One of the demands of the chief executive was partially met. The court ordered the journalist to pay 300 manat to the plaintiff. Another trial is ongoing.