Vahe Makaryan

Affiliated media: Hraparak.am, Journalist

Incident date: October 11, 2017

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On October 11, Marina Poghosyan filed a lawsuit to Yerevan Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative district courts of general jurisdiction against “Hraparak daily" Ltd and journalist Vahe Makaryan, demanding the retraction of allegedly slanderous information and compensation of AMD 600,000. On October 30, court proceedings on the case began.