Yerevan.today - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Yerevan.today, News website

Incident date: July 21, 2022

Attack type:

repayment of compensation and legal costs following civil lawsuits

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On July 21, the court partially satisfied the lawsuit of the former Minister of Territorial Administration (RA Minister of Defense) of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikyan against the founder of the Yerevan.today news website, Media Plus LLC, obliging the defendant to refute the information qualified as libel and compensate the court expenses, including AMD 200,000 for the plaintiff's lawyer.

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