Iravunk - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Iravunk, Newspaper

Incident date: March 14, 2023

Attack type:

Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On March 14, the journalists of TV companies Yerkir Media and Ararat; news websites NewDay.am, Meganews.am, kavkaz-uzel.eu, Yerevan Today, Lragrogh.com and Infocom.am; newspapers Iravunk and Azg; news agency Noyan Tapan․ The representatives of these media outlets expressed their dissatisfaction.

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