Anna Gevorgyan - Justice for Journalists

Anna Gevorgyan

Affiliated media: Hzham.am, Director of the news website

Incident date: August 4, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial information system

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Citizen Nelly Mikaelyan filed a lawsuit against the director of the Haykakan Zham information site Anna Gevorgyan, demanding a public apology for the libel, refutation, and payment of AMD 2,000,000 as compensation. The reason for the lawsuit was a series of articles published on the Hzham.am news website and attached photographs aimed at discrediting the supporters of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The court returned the lawsuit four times due to the deficiencies contained.

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