David Harutyunyan

Affiliated media: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty , Cameraman

Incident date: December 19, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Azatutyun.am

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

In the Yerevan military pantheon Erablair, where the dead's remembrance ceremony in the Karabakh war was held, the cameraman of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty David Harutyunyan was physically assaulted. Opposition supporters who organized the protest tried to prevent the entrance to the cemetery to the participants of the funeral procession led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Spotting a cameraman covering the ceremony they started to shout "Here's Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty"!" and attacked Harutyunyan. The sympathizers of Pashinyan managed to protect the journalist and helped him to move away.