Grigor Gevorgyan
Affiliated media: ParaTV , Journalist
Incident date: June 20, 2021
Attack type:
- Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: ParaTV
Location: Armenia, Goris
Additional information:
On June 20, on the day of the parliamentary elections, Grigor Gevorgyan, the correspondent of the ParaTV, was obstructed from filming the voting process at polling station 34/03 in Goris. He was forbidden to take pictures of ballot boxes. An officer of the Military Police of the Republic of Armenia asked him to stop filming, after which a man in civilian clothes and a high-ranking serviceman showed aggression towards the journalist, demanding not to resume his work. The TV company reported the incident to the police.