Boris Tamoyan

Affiliated media: Politik.am, Editor

Incident date: November 22, 2018

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Vayots Dzor

Additional information:

On November 22, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan filed a lawsuit to the Ararat and Vayots Dzor province courts of general jurisdiction against Boris Tamoyan, the editor of “politik.am”, seeking a public retraction of allegedly slanderous statements and compensation for damage caused to his honour and dignity. On November 26, Tigran Avinyan’s claim was taken to court proceedings.