Lawsuits against Armenian media triple since 2016
The founder of the Freedom of Information Center NGO, Shushan Doydoyan took to Facebook on Tuesday to unveil statistics on lawsuits filed against Armenian media outlets over the past four years.
Statistics on defamation and insult lawsuits filed against the Armenian media according to the information provided by Armenia’s Judicial Department are as follows:
2016 – 24 cases
2017 – 63 cases
2018 – 62 cases
2019 – 74 cases
The number of lawsuits against the media has apparently more than tripled since 2016.