Irakanum.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Irakanum.am, News website

Incident date: February 3, 2025

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On February 3, the news agency "Photolur" filed a lawsuit with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against LLC "Irakanum," demanding that the company cease using copyrighted materials (photographs produced by the agency) on its news website "Irakanum.am" and remove those that have already been published. The case is currently under review.

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