On October 7 P. Fahradyan reported to Yeghegnadzor Police Department of the RA that on the same day at 11.00, in the medical center of Shatin, Vayots Dzor region, in the performance of his journalistic professional duties the director of the same center Z.M., her sister, working in the center as a doctor, as well as A. S., the head of the community Karagluh, prevented his journalistic professional activities, tried to snatch the video camera, and also to erase the contents of the carrier, about 9 minutes kept him in one of the offices of the medical institution.
Taking into account the fact that the materials present the obstruction of the legal professional activity of the journalist, a criminal case was initiated in the Vayots Dzor Prosecutor’s Office pursuant to Article 164 (Part 1) of the RA Criminal Code. Paylak Fahradyan was recognized as a victim.
The criminal case was sent to the Vayots Dzor Regional Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, for the pre-qualification review and the full-scale implementation of the case, the RA Prosecutor General’s Office reports