Syuzi Badoyan - Justice for Journalists

Syuzi Badoyan

Affiliated media: Yerevan.Today , Journalist

Incident date: June 8, 2021

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Syuzi Badoyan's Facebook page

Location: Armenia, Aparan

Additional information:

During the pre-election meeting of the leader of the Civil Contract party, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, with the voters, a group of participants of the event showed aggression towards the correspondents of Yerkir.am and Yerevan.today news websites Lia Sargsyan and Syuzi Badoyan. The journalists were insulted and, having their media connected with specific opposition forces, were accused of venality and bias. The meeting participants showed physical aggression towards Badoyan, pushing her and trying to snatch the microphone from her hands.

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