Affiliated media: Oragir.news, News website

Incident date: October 10, 2023

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Court Information System

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On October 10, Yerevan State University Foundation filed a lawsuit against Oragir Media LLC with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, demanding refutation of the information considered as libel and payment of monetary compensation. The reason for the lawsuit was the material published on September 5 on the news website Oragir.news (owned by the mentioned LLC), according to which the programme of the science and mathematics school opened at the Yerevan State University was a failure, and the money allocated for this purpose was spent inappropriately. The lawsuit is being considered.