Susanna Poghosyan

Affiliated media: a1plus.am, Journalist

Incident date: February 19, 2018

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Arthur Gevorgyan, a senior government official, impeded journalistic acitivity. First, he prevented Zarouhi Postanjyan from speaking to correspondents in the administrative building. Then, with the help of the police, he barred journalists from going to the council member’s office, and made them leave the building.