Daniel Ioannisyan

Affiliated media: Fip.am, Programme director

Incident date: March 12, 2019

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On March 12, the businessman Vahe Hakobyan filed a lawsuit to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against Daniel Ioannisyan, the Program Director of the Union of Informed Citizens. The plaintiff seeks compensation of AMD 1 million for damage to his honour and dignity, and to apologise. On March 21, the lawsuit was accepted for court proceedings.