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Yerevan Bus: inspectors have no right to remove passengers from buses

Society. Photo: Ousag / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Ousag / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Yerevan Bus CJSC has issued a clarification regarding an incident involving a 13-year-old minor. According to the company, an inspector has no authority to remove passengers, let alone minors, from public transport and may only issue a fine. The company noted that the parties' accounts differ, there were no cameras on the bus, and an uncharged card does not in itself prove that the fare was not paid.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Mediahub08:30Opposition

Pro-government 6 / 6 First: Armenpress, 9 h 31 min later
Balanced 8 / 14 First: Ararat News, 1 h 28 min later
Opposition 15 / 21 First: Mediahub, 08:30

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 18:17

Timeline as a list
  1. Mediahub (Opposition)
  2. 24news.am (Opposition)
  3. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  4. Panorama (Opposition)
  5. Ararat News (Balanced)
  6. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  7. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  8. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  9. Azg (Opposition)
  10. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  11. Aravot (Balanced)
  12. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  13. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  14. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  15. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  16. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  17. Hraparak (Opposition)
  18. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  19. Tert.am (Opposition)
  20. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  21. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  22. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  23. Factor (Balanced)
  24. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  25. Infocom (Balanced)
  26. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  27. Politik.am (Opposition)
  28. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  29. News.am (Opposition)
  30. 1in.am (Balanced)

All sources

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