Affiliated media: News.am, Online publication

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, Yura Adyan filed a lawsuit to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against News.am LLC, seeking the retraction of alleged slander and compensation of AMD 2 million AMD for damage caused. On August 16, court proceedings on the case commenced.