Armenian Media Digest, April 20-26
The Kocharyans against Haykakan Zhamanak. An article called “The Kocharyans against Haykakan Zhamank. Legal Process Started”, April 23, of Tert.am reports that on the same day the First Instance Court of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan started the hearings on Levon Kocharyan’s suit (younger son of RA Second President Robert Kocharyan) against Haykakan Zhamanak daily (HZH).
Tert.am reminds that the Kocharyans brought an action against HZH for the last published news about Levon Kocharyan (JNews.am note: “The Adventures of Robert’s Son in Dubai”, HZH, February 6, 2009) according to which the president’s son “has made a debauch” in Dubai and been detained by local police.To restore the disrepute of the family honor and dignity and to compensate the damage, the Kocharyans are demanding 16 million and 120 thousand AMD (US$43,500). On April 21, two days before the trial, Haykakan Zhamanak in its editorial “The Kocharyans against HZH” says, “if HZH doesn’t consider the information as trustworthy, it won’t simply publish it,” and Nikol Pashinyan, the newspaper editor, makes his own commentaries on the issue.