Narek Kirakosyan

Affiliated media: Armtimes.com, Journalist

Incident date: September 12, 2018

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On December 9, on the day of snap elections to the National Assembly, at the polling station 10/49, the chairman of the commission did not allow Narek Kirakosyan, a correspondent from “Haykakan zhamanak”, to enter the polling station to cover the process of counting the votes. Later, after an intervention by the chair of the electoral commission, the journalist was registered as a media representative and allowed to enter the polling station.