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Justice

Head of Shirak enforcement service unit arrested in bribery case

First reported by Azatutyun (RFE/RL): 10:18

Updated 14:20, 28 sources

Justice. Photo: Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

According to the Anti-Corruption Committee, 10 people have been detained in criminal proceedings initiated over cases of taking and giving bribes. Among them are Davit Poghosyan, head of the Shirak division of the Compulsory Enforcement Service of the Ministry of Justice, and two other officials. The three officials have been remanded in custody, while alternative preventive measures have been applied to the other defendants. The preliminary investigation is ongoing.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: Azatutyun (RFE/RL) · 10:18 · Balanced

Pro-government 6 / 6 First: Public Radio of Armenia, 52 min later
Balanced 8 / 12 First: Azatutyun (RFE/RL), 10:18
Opposition 12 / 20 First: 24news.am, 17 min later

Foreign outlets: 2, first: Sputnik Armenia, 11:05

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

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