Sevak Hakopyan

Affiliated media: Yerevan.Today, Chief Editor

Incident date: September 17, 2018

Attack type:

• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Репортеры без Границ

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On September 17, Police conducted a search at the editorial office of the news site “Yerevan.today”. The search lasted seven hours and temporarily stopped the operation of the site. Police confiscated some of the computer equipment, which jeopardised the confidentiality of journalistic sources. Police also searched the house of the editor Sevak Hakobyan.