Zhoghovurd - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Zhoghovurd, Newspaper

Incident date: December 15, 2023

Attack type:

Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On December 15, the Secretary of the ruling parliamentary faction Civil Contract, deputy Arthur Hovhannisyan stated from the rostrum of the National Assembly that some media outlets, in particular, newspapers Zhoghovurd and Hraparak, news website Asekose.am, and others publish articles for money. The statement was not supported by any fact.

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