Affiliated media: News.am, News website
Incident date: June 18, 2020
Attack type:
- Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: News website Factor.am
Location: Armenia, Yerevan
Additional information:
On June 18, in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, the deputy from the My Step faction Mkhitar Hayrapetyan complained about an unnamed online media during the discussion of the bill «On Audiovisual Media» and demanded to change the heading of one publication or delete it within half an hour. As it turned out later, it was about an article on the News.am website under the heading «The National Assembly discusses a bill against Russian TV channels».