Affiliated media: Hayeli.am, Online publication

Incident date: May 30, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On May 30, Lara Aharonyan, Head of the NGO “Women’s Resource Center” filed a lawsuit to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against the journalistic organisation “Mirror” and “Live News Media” LLC, demanding compensation of AMD 2 million for damage to reputation and dignity. The plaintiff claims a video released on two news sites is disinformation and contains libel. On 28 June, court proceedings on the case were opened.