Sisak Gabrielyan

Affiliated media: RFE/RL, Journalist

Incident date: May 14, 2017

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

A journalist noticed, that people were being taken to a headquarters on voting day and receiving money, so followed them. Some officials from the building started insulting the journalist and tried to grab his phone, stopping filming. After a statement by Sisak Gabrielyan, the investigative committee launched a criminal case under Article 137.1 of the Criminal Code of Armenia, which includes threats to life, destruction of property and bodily harm. The case was closed and did not progress further.