COURT THROWS OUT LIBEL SUIT AGAINST NEWS.AM
Tatevik Shaljyan

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15:45, September 4, 2012

Today, a Yerevan court decided to reject the suit brought by Yuri
Mnatsakanyan against the RA National Institute of Health, Vigen
Shahinyan and news.am, as a third party.

Mnatsakanyan had argued that Shahinyan~Rs words, used in a news.am
report entitled ~S40-100 Employees of the National Health Institute
are Joining the Ranks of the Unemployed~T were libellous.

Mnatsakanyan had sued for 1 million AMD in damages.

Instead, the plaintiff will have to pay 20,000 in court fees.