Arpi Avetisyan

Affiliated media: Infocom.am, Journalist

Incident date: February 10, 2020

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Non-authorities

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

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

The former headmistress of the Yerevan school Liana Ashrafyan threatened “Infocom.am” correspondent with a lawsuit. She also threatened Arpi’s mother who works at the same school. The journalist asked a bank information about Liana Ashrafyan’s father who used to work at the bank- this was the reason behind a lawsuit threat. The editorial staff asked the police to look into the threats- the investigation is ongoing.