Hayk Sukiasyan - Justice for Journalists

Hayk Sukiasyan

Affiliated media: Yerkir Media, Cameraman

Incident date: December 1, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Aysor.am

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

During the crackdown of the demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikola Pashinyan, the police obstructed the work of the journalists with force. The police officers attacked Yerkir Media cameraman, twisted his hands and put in a car. During the incident, his camera was broken.

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