Affiliated media: Yerkir Media, TV company

Incident date: March 6, 2019

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
• Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On February 21, the businessman Vahe Hakobyan filed a lawsuit in the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdication against the attorney Hovik Arsenyan and Yerkir Media TV, seeking compensation of AMD 2 million for damage to his honor and dignity, and a retraction of allegedly defamatory material. The lawsuit was filed for the third time on March 6, and was accepted for proceedings in court.