Strong Armenia party sues public broadcaster for defamation

Emil Lazarian News
Panorama, Armenia
May 16 2026

The opposition Strong Armenia party has filed a defamation lawsuit against the country’s Public TV Company, accusing the broadcaster of falsely reporting that former President Robert Kocharyan was the joint opposition candidate for prime minister.

The party said the claim was aired during the May 3 evening news program and demanded a formal retraction.

Strong Armenia reiterated that the bloc’s prime ministerial candidate is businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan.

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS

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