Arman Gharadzhyan

Affiliated media: Mediahub.am, Cameraman

Incident date: May 2, 2022

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

During the disobedience actions organised in Yerevan, the professional activities of a number of media representatives were obstructed. At the intersection of Proshyan and Baghramyan streets in Yerevan, the Head of the State Security Service of the Republic of Armenia Sargis Hovhannisyan obstructed the work of Nara Gnuni, correspondent of the news website Mediahub.am, by hitting her microphone, and then kicked the cameraman of the same website Arman Gharadzhyan, damaging his video camera. On the same day, at the intersection of Sayat Nova and Abovyan streets in Yerevan, during the clashes between demonstrators and police, the correspondent of the news website Yerkir.am Liya Sargsyan lost consciousness and was given first aid.