Affiliated media: TV channel TV8, Journalist

Incident date: October 21, 2020

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ziarul de Garda

Location: Moldova, Kishinev

Additional information:

In the midst of the presidential election campaign, Bogdan Tirdea, a deputy of the ruling party, published a book attacking several NGOs and independent media, whom Tirdea accused of being "cuttlefish", "sharks", "mercenaries", "foreign agents" who work for George Soros and foreign funds against the Socialist Party and promote Maia Sandu as a presidential candidate. Among the NGOs attacked by the deputy were: TV8, PRO TV Chisinau, Jurnal TV.