Grigor Gevorgyan

Affiliated media: ParaTV , Journalist

Incident date: June 20, 2021

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: ParaTV

Location: Armenia, Goris

Additional information:

On June 20, on the day of the parliamentary elections, Grigor Gevorgyan, the correspondent of the ParaTV, was obstructed from filming the voting process at polling station 34/03 in Goris. He was forbidden to take pictures of ballot boxes. An officer of the Military Police of the Republic of Armenia asked him to stop filming, after which a man in civilian clothes and a high-ranking serviceman showed aggression towards the journalist, demanding not to resume his work. The TV company reported the incident to the police.