Affiliated media: Upl.uz, News website

Incident date: June 9, 2022

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Upl.uz

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

Tashkent State Law University filed a lawsuit against the news websites Repost.uz, Uznews.uz, and Everyday.uz (the Uzbek version of UPL.UZ). The lawsuit says that the media listed above tried to dishonor the name of the rector of the university. The subject is the news of April 13, which was republished by the online media. A number of media published information referring to the General Prosecutor's Office of Uzbekistan, mentioning the rector of the Tashkent State Law University in the headline (without mentioning his full name).