Samvel Sargsyan

Affiliated media: Newspaper "Hayastani Hanrapetutyun" , Deputy editor

Incident date: December 21, 2020

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: JFJ Expert (The Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

The Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression received a letter from the staff of Hayastani Hanrapetutyun newspaper, in which it was reported that the editor-in-chief had fired his deputy Samvel Sargsyan and technical officer Mergevos Sahakyan. As the authors of the letter noted, the reason for dismissal was the subjectivity shown by the head of the media and the unfavourable working conditions created by him.