Arpi Avetisyan

Affiliated media: Infocom.am, Correspondent

Incident date: February 10, 2020

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Non-authorities

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

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On February 10, Liana Ashrafyan, former director of Yerevan School No. 19, threatened to file charges against Arpi Avetisyan, a correspondent from Infocom.am. The reason was that the journalist had asked a bank for information about the father of Liana Ashrafyan, who had held a certain position in that bank. The editors urged the police to investigate the threats against the journalist. An investigation is underway.