Affiliated media: Armday.am, News website

Incident date: March 20, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression (CPFE)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Satik Seyranyan, the editor-in-chief of the website 168.am stated that the Armenian police from the 6th Department called and demanded to remove from the Facebook post of the former Prime Minister Grant Bagratyan. The post contained criticism about authorities in regards to the spread of COVID-19. Police also called Armday.am, Hayeli.am and Yerkir.am news websites.