Margarit Davtyan - Justice for Journalists

Margarit Davtyan

Affiliated media: Meganews.am, Journalist

Incident date: February 16, 2025

Attack type:

  • prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial Information System

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On February 16, the news agency "Photolur" filed a lawsuit with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against the founder of the news website "Meganews.am," journalist Margarit Davtyan, demanding that the use of copyrighted materials (photographs produced by the agency) on the mentioned website be ceased and the already published ones be removed. The case is currently under review.

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