Gevorg Martirosyan

Affiliated media: Factor.am, Cameraman

Incident date: April 17, 2018

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Late in the evening, close to the intersection of Mashtots Avenue and Tuomanyan Street in Yerevan, a group of people attacked Arevik Sahakyan, the Editor-in-Chief of the news site “Factor.am”, and cameraman Gevorg Martirosyan. They pushed the journalist around, tore off her accreditation and damaged the cameraman's equipment.