Yerevan mayor sues three media outlets in one week
Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan has filed defamation lawsuits against three media outlets in one week.
According to the data on DataLex seen by Panorama.am, Avinyan, a senior member of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, has sued CivilNet, Oragir and Zhoghovurd, seeking a public apology and compensation for libel.
The lawsuits were filed on 10 and 18 December.
The legal claim against CivilNet concerns its investigation, titled Armenia’s Former Deputy PM Oversaw Project That Benefited His Family Company, which revealed that between 2018 and 2021 when Avinyan served as Deputy Prime Minister overseeing the agricultural sector, nine beneficiaries of a government program providing subsidies to agricultural businesses subcontracted work to a company owned by Avinyan’s family. A total of five beneficiaries received about $620,000 worth of direct payments to set up intensively cultivated orchards. The establishment of the gardens was carried out by “Irrigate” LLC headed by Avinyan’s father.
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