After environmentalist Tehmine Yenokyan published on her social media a video made by a local NGO claiming breakdown of a pipeline going from Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC to its tailing dam, and pollution of the Voghji river, the company filed a defamation lawsuit against her demanding the denial and compensation in the amount of 6 million AMD (about 15.000USD).

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC to comment. The company response is available below.