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    YEREVAN COURT REJECTS SLANDER SUIT FILED BY "WORD OF LIFE"
    Tatevik Shaljyan

    hetq
    17:36, July 31, 2012

    A Yerevan court today rejected the slander suit filed by the Word of
    Life religious organization against the newspaper Iravunk.

    The presiding judge has ordered that the religious group and its
    president each pay the newspaper 150,000 AMD for incurred legal fees.

    Word of Life had sued the paper for an article that appeared last
    October showing a collage of photos implicating the organization in a
    sex scandal involving a well-known Armenian show business personality
    who is said to be a member.

    Word of Life argued that the article is libelous and defamatory and
    that it incites religious hatred. It wants the newspaper to retract
    the article and publish an apology on the front page. The attorney
    for the group had maintained that the word "sect" was defamatory.

    As to financial compensation, the organization was seeking 8,000 AMD
    it has spent for various court fees and 15,000 for translation and
    notary services.

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