{"id":281762,"date":"2017-08-14T21:28:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T17:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epress.am\/?p=281762"},"modified":"2017-08-15T13:28:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T09:28:57","slug":"rferl-reporter-harassed-in-armenian-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2017\/08\/14\/rferl-reporter-harassed-in-armenian-town.html","title":{"rendered":"RFE\/RL Reporter Harassed In Armenian Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Narine Ghalechyan, a correspondent for RFE\/RL\u2019s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am), was threatened and chased by a man while reporting on safety standards at Armenia\u2019s liquefied gas stations on Monday.<\/p>\n

The furious young man, as reported by Azatutyun, turned on the reporter when she approached one such station in the town of Sevan and started filming it. He didn\u2019t explain his rage during the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cI switched off and hid the video camera to prevent him from damaging it but kept holding the microphone in a visible way, which was enough for him to understand that I\u2019m a journalist, then ran away and got in the car\u201d Ghalechyan said afterwards. \u201cI told him not to approach me or I will call the police, which made him even angrier.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe reached for the car\u2019s door which I had already locked. When he realized that the door is locked he started kicking and punching it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ghalechyan then headed to a police station and reported the incident to senior officers there. The man was brought into the police station for questioning later in the day, Azatutyun writes.<\/p>\n

Police officers also inspected the damaged car used by the RFE\/RL crew. They pledged to hold the violent man accountable. Armenia\u2019s human rights ombudsman, Arman Tatoyan, was quick to express concern at the incident. A statement by Tatoyan\u2019s office said he has formally appealed to the Armenian police to conduct an investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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