Affiliated media: Yerevan.today, News website

Incident date: June 17, 2021

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Judicial Information System (datalex.am)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Acting Minister of the Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan filed a lawsuit against the founder of the Yerevan.today news website, Media Plus LLC, with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, demanding to refute the information, considered as libel, contained in the material from June 11 «New Millionaire of Armenia: Papikyan Became a Millionaire in Three Years on Tarmac» published on the mentioned website. The lawsuit has been accepted for consideration and the proceedings have been initiated.