Affiliated media: Antifake.am, Information site

Incident date: January 26, 2021

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial Information System

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

The "Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly" public organisation filed a lawsuit in the Yerevan General Jurisdiction Court against the Antifake.am website, demanding that they publicly refute allegedly slanderous claims, as well as pay compensation for damages. The lawsuit followed the publishing of an article entitled “How much money did NGOs operating in Armenia receive for promoting the surrender of Artsakh.” The case is under review.