Affiliated media: 168.am, Information Site
Incident date: January 25, 2021
Attack type:
- prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Judicial Information System
Location: Armenia, Yerevan
Additional information:
The "State Interest Fund of Armenia" fund filed a lawsuit in the Yerevan General Jurisdiction Court against Oleg Safonov and "168 Zham", demanding that they retract information discrediting the fund’s business reputation, as well as pay them compensation. The lawsuit followed an article in which the author of the publication called the fund’s activities “suspicious” and accused it of engaging in corruption with the Armenian government. The case is pending in court.