Affiliated media: Iravunk, Newspaper and online publication

Incident date: March 19, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On March 19, representatives of the Department for Combating Cybercrime visited the editorial office of “Iravunk” newspaper and informed that the article published in the printed version of the publication entitled “Coronovirus caused serious shocks in the USA and Europe”, as well as an interview with the infected woman published on the Iravunk website must be removed immediately as they spread the panic.