Blogger, public activist Narek Malyan was attacked

On the night of March 3, blogger and public activist Narek Malyan was attacked. About 10 young men attacked him, noting that their actions were conditioned by Narek Malyan’s blogging activity. They pushed him, tried to force him to move to another place, after which both the attackers and the blogger were taken to the police station.

The “Media Advocate” initiative strongly condemns this incident and demands that the situation is resolved within the law. Such kind of a step is violence against freedom of speech, which should not take place in Armenia.

This is not the first attack against Narek Malyan; In summer, in the city of Maralik, Narek Malyan was subjected to pressure. The participants of this incident were not punished, moreover law-enforcement bodies refused to initiate a criminal case for various reasons.

We hope that every attack against the press and the free speech will receive adequate response from the authorities, otherwise such cases will increase.

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