The video was titled “Tigran Avinyan, the newly richman”. It used excerpts from Tigran Avinyan’s interviews, and other information about the deputy mayor and his family, friends’ businesses, and property taken exclusively from open sources. Tigran Avinyan applied to the court to make the journalist apologize, to oblige him to deny the information defaming his honor, dignity and business reputation and to pay monetary compensation. In general, Tigran Avinyan demanded that 18 million drams be imposed on the property and bank accounts of journalist Davit Sargsyan and “168 Hours”.
The Union of Armenian journalists (UAJ) has condemned the harassment of journalists and their relatives following a press conference by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that was held on 25 July in Yerevan in a climate of tension in the wake of recent events in Nagorno-Karabakh.
However, one party we have not heard from is the Government of Armenia which could officially contact the State of Israel to make its wishes known. However, Armenia’s leaders have their hands full right now, given the precarious situation in Artsakh and Armenia.
