Paylak Fahradyan

Affiliated media: Armday.am, Journalist

Incident date: October 7, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Vayots dzor

Additional information:

On October 7, 2017 Armday.am correspondent Paylak Fahradyan was attacked at the medical center of Shatin community of Vayots Dzor region. Zoya Martirosyan, director of the medical center, and her sister, the spouse of the head of Qaraglukh community, tried to seize Paylak Fahradyan’s camera, demanding to delete the footage. Afterwards, with the help of Artur Stepanyan, head of Qaraglukh community, they locked the door of the medical center, blocking him from going out until he deleted the content. Paylak Fahradyan managed to call the police, after which the door was opened, and the journalist left the medical center.