A year ago the parliament of Armenia adopted a law on amendments to the Civil Code, according to which an individual or legal entity should be given an administrative penalty for contempt and slander. The opposition media consider this law to be a lever of pressure on the mass media. Undesirable periodicals will go bankrupt due to extortionate fines.
The media expert Manana Aslamazyan believes that “there is little evidence or facts in the Armenian media, instead of which there are buzzwords which hurt people. On the other hand, to sue a publication in order to put it out of business is underhand behaviour.”
Susanna Petrosyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to VK.
