Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: news.am, Online publication

Incident date: June 12, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On June 12, Yura Adyan filed a lawsuit to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against Aysor.am, demanding they retract allegedly slanderous statements and pay compensation of AMD 2 million. Aysor.am published a retraction before the case was taken to court. The reason for the case is the same article, published both on News.am and Mitk.am. Court proceedings have begun.

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