Margarit Davtyan

Affiliated media: Kentron TV, Producer

Incident date: June 27, 2018

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Margarit Davtyan, producer of the Kentrov TV show “Health Resort”, sent an open letter to Gagik Tsaroukyan saying that on April 20, for unknown reasons, the broadcasting of the programme was stopped. The later stated that "at the TV company they told me that Gagik Tsaroukyan personally banned the broadcasting of the program. No more reasons or warning were provided. The dismissal of employees in such a manner is simply a slap in the face to media workers, to put it mildly". Gagik Tsaroukyan responded to the letter, saying he was not aware of the incident, and proposed to co-operate further. The journalist did not agree.