Affiliated media: Iravunk , Newspaper and online publication

Incident date: August 4, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial
• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: DataLex Portal (judicial information system)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On 4 August, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Alain Simonyan, filed a lawsuit against the Iravunk Media for damages to honour and dignity. The cause of the lawsuit was the thought attributed to Alain Simonyan in the newspaper Iravunk, according to which he allegedly said that the ruling political team was not ready to work without prizes. The lawsuit has been filed, and the proceedings have been initiated.