Diana Davtyan

Affiliated media: Free News, Journalist

Incident date: January 10, 2023

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Freedom of information center of Armenia

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On January 10, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a press conference, to which some opposition media were not invited. Among them were Yerkir Media, Para TV, news websites Oragir.news, NewDay.am, MediaHub.am, PastInfo.am, and Yerevan.today. Journalist Diana Davtyan from the pro-governmental TV company Free News was not allowed into the hall of the press conference, referring to the fact that she arrived 10 minutes before the start of the event, while the entrance was closed earlier — 20 minutes.