Affiliated media: Armday.am, Online publication

Incident date: August 2, 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 August 2, Hayk Sargsyan, a representative in Armenia's National Assembly, filed a lawsuit in the Court of General Jurisdiction in Yerevan against the founder of the website armday.am (Armday.am LLC), seeking compensation for damage caused to his honour, dignity and good reputation by of slander and insult. The case was accepted for the court's proceedings on September 6.