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Armenia: Cameraman Beaten

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Armenia, Elections, Media & Journalism, Politics

In the continuing saga of GALA TV [1], a regional TV station based in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri, Unzipped reports that one of the station's cameramen has been beaten by tax inspectors [2]. The officials were called in to scrutinize the station's books following its broadcast of a speech by a former president critical of the current authorities ahead of the election early next year.