Syune Hambardzumyan

Affiliated media: Armlur.am, Journalist

Incident date: July 19, 2017

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On July 19, the legitimate professional activity of Syune Hambardzumyan, a correspondent from “Armlur.am” news site, was impeded while covering a protest by salespeople. A young man negotiating with the protesters asked the journalist not to film him, saying that he was not from city hall nor a salesperson, but did not explain why he was negotiating with them. When the journalist continued to film, the young man hit her camera.