The Yerevan Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction has ordered blogger Roman Baghdasaryan to retract statements he made about Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan and issue a public apology, Aysor.am reports.
Under the ruling, Baghdasaryan must publish the retraction on his official Facebook page or in a print publication distributed throughout Armenia with a circulation of at least 5,000 copies.
He must publish a statement prescribed by the court acknowledging the dissemination of defamatory information and offering an apology.
Baghdasaryan had claimed that Karapetyan had “deceived the state and looted the state budget.”
