Affiliated media: 1in.am, YouTube channel

Incident date: September 15, 2020

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: 1in.am

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

YouTube closed access to one of the most important news YouTube channels in Armenia (almost 215,000 subscribers) – 1in.am. The site issued a statement saying: «A study conducted by local and international professional circles showed that a few weeks ago, in order to suspend the activities of the independent media's television platform, as well as to silence it, a targeted group attack was carried out by representatives of the former authorities of Armenia and the fake factories of their newly minted satellites, who disagree with most of the content of the media.