On January 31 at the RA court of primary jurisdiction of Center and Nork-Marash
communities of Yerevan proceedings on the suit of the president of “Armenian
traders” LLC Artur Gyurjinian and his son Varuzhan versus “Iravunk”
newspaper. The plaintiff demanded to oblige “Iravunk” to publish a
refutation on “I Promise to Tear off the Masks of the Investigative Group”
article, published in the newspaper on November 15-18, 2002. The article was
based on the investigative materials on the case of attempted assassination
of RA National Assembly deputy Melik Gasparian, the charges for which were introduced
to Varuzhan Gyurjinian. After the court acquittance of Varuzhan Gyurjinian,
he demanded that the newspaper published a refutation. The edition declined
the request, saying the refutation was not argumented.
On the very first session on the case versus “Iravunk” newspaper
the court decided to refuse securing the suit.
