Armen Aramyan - Justice for Journalists

Armen Aramyan

Affiliated media: DOXA, Editor

Incident date: September 30, 2021

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel Apologia Protesta

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Tverskoy District Court fined Aramyan RUB 20,000 under Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (organisation of an unauthorised action) for the fact that on September 20 he published a link to a video broadcast of the rally on Pushkin Square on Twitter. Aramyan was detained on September 29 and left in police custody for a night. Together with three colleagues from DOXA, he is on trial in a criminal case of involving minors in protests. All four of them have been given a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions.

Help Ukrainian Media:

Gofundme campaign (by Jakub Parusinski) or 2402.org (by Zaborona Media) or IFJ/EFJ Safety Fund