Lilit Hovakimyan

Affiliated media: 4news.am, Founder

Incident date: February 1, 2017

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 February 1, Gayane Manoukyan, editor of the “Usarmenianews.com” website, filed a lawsuit to the court of general jurisdiction at the Ajapnyak and Davitashen administrative districts of Yerevan against Lilit Hovakimyan, owner of the “4news.am” news website domain and Lt.Col of police Davit Perikhanyan. The reason for the lawsuit was an article with the heading “Treacherous act by Gayane Manoukyan, a friend of Azerbaijani media” published on January 21, which says that Gayane Manoukyan gave an interview to the Azerbaijani “Haqqin.az” website, and that she creates trouble within Armenia. The plaintiff refutes the claims in the article as insulting and slander.