Boris Tamoyan

Affiliated media: Politik.am, Chief Editor

Incident date: January 24, 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 January 24, the former adviser to Armenia's Prime Minister Mesrop Papikyan filed a lawsuit in the Ararat and Vayots Dzor Court of General Jurisdication against Boris Tamoyan, editor of the Politik.am website, seeking compensation for damage to honour and dignity and a public retraction of allegedly slanderous statements. On February 5, the lawsuit was accepted for court proceedings.