“Zhoghovurd newspaper editorial” Ltd

Affiliated media: Armlur.am, Founder

Incident date: October 2, 2017

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
• Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On September 29, Versandik Hakobyan, a former parliamentarian and the owner of a wine and champagne factory in Yerevan, filed a lawsuit to Yerevan Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts court of general jurisdiction against “Zhoghovurd newspaper editorial” Ltd, the founder of the news site “Armlur.am”, demanding a public retraction of allegedly slanderous statements.