Lia Sargsyan

Affiliated media: Yerkir.am, Correspondent

Incident date: May 15, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Yerkir.am

Location: Armenia, Etchmiadzin

Additional information:

Lia Sargsyan, the correspondent of the Yerkir.am news website, noticed campaign posters on the walls of the Etchmiadzin branch of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union NGO and tried to get a comment from the organisation members. Upon hearing the question, these people started to insult the journalist calling her «traitor», «blackmailer», «get out of here». Then they attacked her and, trying to knock the phone out of her hands and pushing her, forced her to leave the organisation's territory. According to Sargsyan, the attack was carried out by the head of the office, Armen Shahbazyan, and an employee who called himself Artur.