Vardui Ishkhanyan - Justice for Journalists

Vardui Ishkhanyan

Affiliated media: Ankakh.com, Founder of the online publication

Incident date: July 1, 2020

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Facebook page of Vardui Ishkhanyan

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Founder of the Ankakh.com Vardui Ishkhanyan was invited to the Central criminal investigation department of Armenia. He was asked to explain a facebook post about the former army prosecutor and the deputy general prosecutor or Armenia Gagik Djangiryan. Vardui Ishkhanyan called Djangiryan “the father of falsehood” and mentioned the his alleged murders in the army. Vardui Ishkhanyan refused to go the police station.

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