Lusine Shahbazyan

Affiliated media: News.am, Journalist

Incident date: April 2, 2017

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

At the polling station 6/01 in Yerevan, pressure was exerted against Lusine Shahbazyan, a journalist from “News.am”. The journalist filmed at the polling station after the voting of Galust Sahakyan, Chairperson of the National Assembly, then talked to an observer who stated that there were violations in the voting process. When leaving the polling station a young man came up to the journalist and “advised” her to film less, saying that otherwise her clothes might get torn while filming.