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Affiliated media: Blognews.am, News website

Incident date: February 25, 2024

Attack type:

  • prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Court Information System

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On February 25, Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine CJSC filed a lawsuit against Datablog LLC with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction demanding refutation of the information considered as libel and payment of AMD 6 million (about USD 15,000) as monetary compensation. The reason for the lawsuit was the article «ZCMC Methodically Destroys Armenia’s South: Who Will Grab the Thief by the Hand?», published on January 25 on the website Blognews.am website owned by the mentioned LLC. The court case is in the process of consideration.

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