Armday.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Armday.am, News website

Incident date: February 17, 2022

Attack type:

repayment of compensation and legal costs following civil lawsuits

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On February 17, a verdict was announced in the case of Mega Trade LLC versus news website Armday.am. The lawsuit was partially satisfied: the court obliged the website to refute the information considered libel and to pay AMD 100,000 to the plaintiff as payment for his lawyer.

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