Affiliated media: ATV, TV company
Incident date: April 16, 2024
Attack type:
- Court trial
Who attacked: Non-authorities
Source: Court Information System
Location: Armenia, Yerevan
Additional information:
On April 16, citizen Arev Vratsyan filed a suit with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against the founder of the news website Oragir.news Oragir Media LLC and the programme Half Open Windows of the TV company ATV, demanding to refute the information, defaming the honour, dignity, and business reputation and being libelous, to apologize for insult, and to pay monetary compensation. The reason for the lawsuit was a video piece about the teacher of school №4 of Masis city Arev Vratsian, published on January 24 in the mentioned media, in which she was accused of discriminating and neglecting Karabagh children who had moved to Armenia. The lawsuit is in the process of consideration.