Elmira Martirosyan

Affiliated media: Lakmoes.am, Editor

Incident date: February 4, 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 January 15, the attorneys Lusine Sahakyan, Aramazd Kiviryan, and Armen and Armine Poghosyan filed a lawsuit against Lakmoes.am and Skizb Media Kentron LLC, demanding compensation for damage to their honour, dignity, business reputation and for infringements of their right to privacy in their personal and family life. The lawsuit was accepted for court proceedings on January 30. On February 4, the motion to secure the compensation was partially upheld, as both organisations were obliged to completely remove the articles in question from their websites. Legal proceedings continued.