Factor.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Factor.am, News website

Incident date: July 29, 2020

Attack type:

  • Court trial
  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial information system

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On July 29, archaeologist Boris Gasparyan filed a lawsuit against former official Armen Abroyan, Daily Newspaper Hraparak LLC, and Information Center Factor NGO, demanding protection of honour and dignity and payment of compensation. The reason for the lawsuit was the articles about Boris Gasparyan, according to which, he grows tomatoes and peppers in the Areni cave under the guise of viticulture. The lawsuit proceedings were initiated, and the trial is in progress.

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