Affiliated media: 5 TV channel , TV channel

Incident date: June 16, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial information system (datalex.am)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On June 16, the legal successors of 9 victims of the events that took place in Yerevan on March 1, 2008, filed a lawsuit against the 5 TV channel and the co-chairman of the Alternative public organization Narek Mantashyan demanding compensation for damage caused to honor and dignity (AMD 3,000,000 for each legal successor). The reason for the lawsuit was an interview with Mantashyan in the studio of 5 TV channel, during which he made slanderous and offensive, in the opinion of the plaintiffs, statements about the legal successors of the victims. The trial has started.