Affiliated media: Public TV Company of Armenia, TV company

Incident date: August 31, 2023

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 1lurer.am

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On August 31, in the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, at the open session on the criminal case on the explosion at the Surmalu fair in Yerevan, the film crews of Public TV Company of Armenia, as well as news portals Factor.TV and News.am were forbidden to broadcast, and then were not allowed to film at all. Ten minutes after the beginning of the session, the judge ordered to stop filming, although the defendants were not against media coverage. When Public TV Company correspondent Tatev Khachatryan introduced herself and demanded an explanation, the judge reprimanded her and told her that she was interfering with the proceedings, threatening her with a stricter sanction.