Affiliated media: News.am, News website

Incident date: May 9, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal accident

Who attacked: Authorities

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

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

When Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan was paying tribute to the victims of the 44-day Karabakh war in the Yerablur military pantheon, the correspondent of Tert.am news website and ArmNews TV company Ani Gevorgyan tried to approach the head of the government and ask a question, but the police and Acting Prime Minister's press secretary Mane Gevorgyan prevented this. The latter took the journalist by the arm and pushed her microphone away. Later, the police also restricted the movement of News.am staff members around the pantheon.