Livenews.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Livenews.am, News website

Incident date: August 10, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial Information System (datalex.am)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Lawyer Lusine Avagyan filed a lawsuit against citizen Naira Terteryan (Livenews Media LLC was brought in the case as the third party) with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, demanding to refute the information considered as libel and compensate for the damage caused to honour, dignity, and business reputation. The reason for the lawsuit was the allegations of Naira Terteryan that her ex-husband's lawyer Lusine Avagyan had interfered in their private and family life aside from her professional activities. The lawsuit is being considered.

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