Aravot.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Aravot.am, Online news portal

Incident date: April 13, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial information system (datalex.am)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On April 13, citizen Tigran Tsaturyan filed a lawsuit against Arabot oratert, LLC demanding a public retraction of factual information considered libellous and restitution for damage to his honor and dignity. The reason for the lawsuit was an article published on the site Aravot.am in which information was contained concerning Tigran Tsaturyan which he considered deliberately false and libellous. The statement of claim was accepted. The case is at the stage of judicial examination.

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