Ani Gevorgyan

Affiliated media: NewDay.am, Editor of the news website

Incident date: December 11, 2023

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ani Gevorgyan's Facebook page

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On December 11, the editor of news website NewDay.am Ani Gevorgyan tried to take a photo of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan leaving government building, but security officers prevented her from doing so. In response to the journalist’s protests, the representatives of law enforcement bodies referred to the requirements of the law. The ban was also accompanied by the use of physical force, when the journalist was pushed away from the place of the event.