Yerevan.today - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Yerevan.today, News website

Incident date: May 30, 2022

Attack type:

repayment of compensation and legal costs following civil lawsuits

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On May 30, the court proceedings in the case of the businessman (now deputy) Khachatur Sukiasyan against the founder of the Yerevan.today news website Media Plus LLC were stopped, since as a result of the agreement between the parties the defendant published a refutation agreed with the plaintiff and paid the court expenses.

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