Lusine Shahverdyan

Affiliated media: Hraparak.am, Journalist

Incident date: November 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Hraparak.am

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Lusine Shahverdyan, the journalist of the Hraparak.am news website, addressed a question to Gurgen Arsenyan, the deputy of the Parliament of Armenia from the ruling Civil Contract faction, regarding the hostilities with Azerbaijani military units on the southern border and then recalled that at one time there were rumours that he was involved in election frauds and bribing voters. After these words, the deputy called the journalist «rude» and said she was spreading lies and slander, brainwashing people, and threatened to punish her.