Narek Kirakosyan

Affiliated media: Factor.am, Journalist

Incident date: April 19, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Narek Kirakosyan's Facebook page

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On April 19, Narek Kirakosyan, the correspondent of the Factor.am website, accredited at the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, tried to use his mobile phone to make a video recording of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the parliamentary session hall, but the security officer of the head of the government prevented him from doing so. In particular, the journalist was forbidden to shoot close-ups with zooming.