Affiliated media: Press club Ayeli (Mirror), Press club

Incident date: February 24, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial
• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: The Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression (CPFE)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On February 24, citizen Ayk Stepanyan filed a lawsuit suit against the press club Ayeli (Mirror) and its founder, journalist Anzhela Tovmasyan demanding a public retraction of information considered libellous and the payment of restitution. The reason for the lawsuit was statements about Ayk Stepanyan said to be libellous, in his opinion, which were made during a press conference on January 22. On March 5, the case was accepted, and judicial proceedings are underway.