Affiliated media: vecherka.tj, Online news outlet
Incident date: October 21, 2020
Attack type:
- Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)
Who attacked: Non-authorities
Source: Интернет-издание "Вечерка"
Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe
Additional information:
News website vecherka.tj (officially registered as the LLC Evening Dushanbe) has been declared as a co-defendant in the claim. The woman accused her former employer of abuse on the workplace and approached journalists of vecherka.tj to write about this. After the publication of the article, her former employer filed a lawsuit against her. Her lawyer considered that the sole respondent to the claim could only be the publication. The plaintiff seeks compensation in the amount of 100,000 somoni for reputational and moral damage.