Court accepts lawsuit filed by Samvel Karapetyan against Alen Simonyan

The court has accepted for consideration a lawsuit filed by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the “Strong Armenia” alliance, against Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia.

Karapetyan demands that Simonyan publicly refute statements about him made on Facebook and TikTok on May 19, 2026, which, according to the lawsuit, contained defamatory information.