Gayane Manoukyan

Affiliated media: USArmenianews.am, Chief Editor

Incident date: August 9, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On August 9, Narine Hunanyan filed a lawsuit to Yerevan Avan and Nor Norq administrative district courts of general jurisdiction against Gayane Manoukyan, the editor of “USArmenianews.am”, demanding an apology and retraction of allegedly slanderous material. On August 15, court proceedings on the case began.