Lia Sargsyan

Affiliated media: Hraparak.am, Journalist

Incident date: December 14, 2023

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On December 14, during the press conference called in the final part of the environmental conference held by NGO EcoLur, pressure was exerted and disrespectful attitude was shown towards the correspondent of the newspaper Hraparak Lia Sargsyan. One of the present participants reacted to each acute question of the journalist with the words: «Idiotic question, we are wasting our time...», and the representative of the NGO Healthy Environment made a «denunciatory» speech addressed to the journalists, accusing them of incompetence and fulfilling a political order.