Arus Tigranyan

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: April 10, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial
• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial information system (datalex.am)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On April 10, Exclusive Store, LLC, filed a lawsuit against the journalist Arus Tigranyan demanding he be forced to retract information defaming their business reputation and not corresponding to reality, without monetary compensation. The reason for the lawsuit was a recording by Arus Tigranyan on her page on Instagram, where she called on users not to shop at Exclusive Store, which sells telephones and accessories, since the service is poor. The statement of claim was accepted, and the case is at the stage of judicial examination.