Affiliated media: Channel 5 , TV company

Incident date: November 30, 2021

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Azatutyun.am

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

The Chairman of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense and Security Issues Andranik Kocharyan displayed discriminatory attitude towards the camera crew of Channel 5 while communicating with journalists. Addressing a correspondent of this media outlet, the deputy demanded that the video camera be removed and then refused to answer the question addressed to him, explaining such behavior by the fact that Channel 5 (which is affiliated with the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, accused of corruption and other crimes) is in front of him. He repeated this disdainful attitude towards representatives of this TV company several times when the journalist was persistently trying to get an answer to his question.