Lurer.com - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Lurer.com, News website

Incident date: March 31, 2020

Attack type:

Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression (CPFE)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

The Police of the Republic of Armenia sent a notification to the editorial office of the Lurer.com news website demanding to remove one of the articles about the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the authorities, it violated the restrictions provided in the decree of the Government of the Republic of Armenia dated March 16 on the imposition of a state of emergency in the country due to the spread of the COVID-19.

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