MediaHub.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: MediaHub.am , News website

Incident date: April 19, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Court information system

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On April 19, the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan filed a lawsuit with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against the founder of the MediaHub.am news website (an LLC with the same name), demanding to refute the information considered as libel and pay compensation. The reason for the lawsuit was the publication from April 13 «The Government had made an agreement with the company of Alen Simonyan’s brother for almost AMD 79 million without a tender». The lawsuit is being considered.

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