Alla Baghdasaryan

Affiliated media: "Tsaig" TV, Cameraman

Incident date: November 5, 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, Shirak

Additional information:

During local elections on November 5, "Tsaig" TV cameraman Arthur Margaryan was disrupted in filming the yard of the polling station 30/08 located at the secondary school of Marmashen village in Shirak province. Resident Petros Elbakyan came out of the polling station, came up to him and demanded he stopped filming, despite the camera not facing in his direction. Arthur Margaryan tried to continue his work, but Petros Elbakyan intentionally pushed the camera to the side.