Tatev Khachatryan

Affiliated media: Armtimes.com, Journalist

Incident date: May 12, 2017

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

To check alleged distribution of elections bribes, journalists visited the mayoral campaign office of Taron Margaryan. On learning they were journalists and wanted to meet the head of the office, a group of people in the hall attacked the two journalists from “Armtimes.com”, trying to seize their phones and forcefully removed them from the area. After removing the journalists from the area by pushing and dragging them, three young men stood at the entrance, only allowing in those they knew. When Tatev Khachatryan filmed this, a man came out of the office, pushed the journalist and removed her from the area, using explicit language.