Affiliated media: Newspaper Zhoghovurg, News website, Newspaper

Incident date: July 12, 2024

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Alen Simonyan's Facebook page

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On July 12, the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan accused newspaper Zhoghovurd on his Facebook page of fulfilling a political order. The Head of the Parliament noted that the newspaper published false, untrue information about his brother. At the same time, Alen Simonyan used rude insulting language and threatened that he would file a lawsuit against the newspaper.