Hzham.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Hzham.am, News website

Incident date: May 30, 2022

Attack type:

repayment of compensation and legal costs following civil lawsuits

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On May 30, the court partially satisfied the lawsuit of Sonia Budagyan, head of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of Armavir regional administration, against Hzham.am news website and its founder, obliging them to refute the information considered libel, apologize to the plaintiff, and pay her AMD 1 million for libel and AMD 500,000 for insult.

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