Oragir.news - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Oragir.news, News website

Incident date: October 17, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Court Information System

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On October 17, Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine CJSC 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 article «Trojan horse in Syunik: Azerbaijanis got positions at ZCMC», published on September 2 on the news website Oragir.news (owned by the mentioned LLC), which says that the persons «sent» from Baku are destroying the structures of the combine. The lawsuit is being considered.

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