Diana Davtyan - Justice for Journalists

Diana Davtyan

Affiliated media: FreeNews.am, Journalist

Incident date: June 20, 2021

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: FreeNews.am

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On June 20, on the day of the parliamentary elections, the trusted representatives of the Armenia bloc showed disrespect and insulted Diana Davtyan, the FreeNews.am news website reporter, at the polling station 9/21 in Yerevan. One of the voters also joined in insulting the journalist. They demanded her to leave, saying that she represented a media outlet belonging to the family of the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Alen Simonyan.

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