Affiliated media: 1in.am, News website

Incident date: September 2, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Judicial information system (datalex.am)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Edmon Marukyan, Taron Simonyan, and Armen Yeghiazaryan filed a lawsuit against the founder of the 1in.am information website Skizb Media Kentron LLC, demanding to publish a refutation. The reason for the lawsuit was the material posted on the website under the heading «Bright Armenia party met with Serzh Sargsyan in the latter's mansion». The publication noted that the aforementioned deputies discussed several issues related to the internal political events with Serzh Sargsyan. The lawsuit proceedings were initiated, and the trial has started.