Ani Gevorgyan

Affiliated media: Tert.am, Journalist

Incident date: May 13, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Judicial Information System

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alen Simonyan, filed a lawsuit against journalist Ani Gevorgyan in the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, demanding that she publicly refute allegedly slanderous information. The lawsuit followed the journalist’s April 16 interview at the Ayeli press club, where she accused Alen Simonyan of organising a campaign against her, accompanied by threats and insults. The claim has been accepted and legal proceedings have begun.