Hamlet Ghushchyan

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: March 4, 2019

Attack type:

• Abduction, taking captive / hostage, illegal deprivation of liberty

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On March 4, the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia informed that media reports about the abduction of and threats to TV anchor Hamlet Ghushchyan had been sent to the Police General Department of Criminal Investigation for review. On the same day, when speaking to Hraparak.am and in answer to the question whether it was true that Samvel Alexanyan's men beat him when he spoke about Lusastgh vodka, Hamlet Ghushchyan said: "What beating ... they just kidnapped me, they abducted me, took me away by night and put a gun to my head and said, 'You're gonna repeat what we tell you to say'.”