Hripsimeh Jebejyan

Affiliated media: Аravot.am , Journalist

Incident date: April 16, 2024

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On April 16, in the National Assembly of Armenia, when the correspondent of the news website Aravot.am Hripsimeh Jebejyan said during a conversation with the deputy of the ruling faction Civil Contract Khachatur Sukiasyan that there was a public opinion that he was a robber and did not pay taxes, the deputy responded with insults: «The robber is you, your parents, your relatives, your supervisor..... Go and ask your manager: when for a number of years you were given money from the KGB, what was it done for — to write lies, defame people, destabilise the country...».