Affiliated media: 1in.am, Online publication

Incident date: August 14, 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 August 2, Karen Karapetyan, the former head of the Inquiry and Operations Search Department, filed a lawsuit to the Court of General Jurisdiction in Yerevan against the founder of the Zhamanak newspaper Skizb Media Centre LLC, seeking compensation for damage caused to honour and dignity through slander. On August 14, the cause was accepted for court proceedings.