Hripsime Jebejyan

Affiliated media: Aravot.am, Journalist

Incident date: December 16, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Hripsime Jebejyan's Facebook page

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Aravot.am correspondent Hripsime Jebejyan reported that the chairs were taken out of the foyer of the session hall of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, where accredited journalists and camerapersons usually work, by order of parliament speaker Alen Simonyan. As a result, the media representatives were forced to work sitting on the floor. Later, it became clear that the reason for such an order was that Simonyan did not like how the camerapersons were sitting in the foyer while passing through it. Moreover, the parliament speaker said they should have stood up when they saw him. According to journalists, they had never been treated this way or demanded this way in the National Assembly. After the journalists' complaints, the chairs were rearranged in the foyer at the end of the day.