Affiliated media: 7or.am, Manager

Incident date: August 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 August 12, Nelly Mikayelyan filed a lawsuit to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against Anna Gevorgyan, director of the Haykakan Zham/Hzham.am and 7or.am news sites, seeking a public apology, retraction of innacurate information and compensation of AMD 2 million. After the lawsuit was returned for corrections several times, Mikaelyan decided not to pursue the invesitgation further.