Affiliated media: 1in.am, Online publication

Incident date: May 29, 2019

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On May 29, David Adyan, Head of Social Sector Control of Armenia's State Control Service, filed a lawsuit to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against Skizb Media Kentron LLC, the founders and publishers of the newspaper "Zhamanak". The plaintiff sought a retraction of allegedly slanderous statements in an article, as well as a public apology and compensation of AMD 2 million for defamation and a further AMD 1 million for insults used. On 11 June, court proceedings on the case were opened.