Angela Tovmasyan

Affiliated media: Press-club 'Ayyeli' (Mirror) , Founder, Journalist

Incident date: January 8, 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 8 January, citizen Ayk Stepanyan filed a lawsuit against the press-club 'Ayyeli' (Mirror) and its founder, journalist Angela Tovmasyan, demanding publicly refuting information considered defamatory and to pay the compensation. The lawsuit was filed based on Angela Tovmasian’s Facebook post about Ayk Stepanyan. The lawsuit is pending.