our team

Daniel Ioannisyan worked in the RA National Assembly as an assistant to deputy in 2010-2011. During this period, he prepared various packages of legislative changes to the law enforcement system. Since 2011, Daniel Ioannisyan has worked as a law enforcement system analyst for various local media outlets.

In 2013, Ioannisyan left politics and in 2014 founded the “Union of Informed Citizens” NGO. In 2018, he was the Secretary of the Electoral Legislation Reform Commission under the Prime Minister. Since 2019, he has been a member of the RA Public Council. In February, 2020, he was engaged in the activities of the Professional Commission on Constitutional Reforms. 2020-2023 was a member of the Police Reforms Coordination Council, since 2019 has been a member of the Anti-Corruption Policy Council, and since 2022, a member of the Constitutional Reforms Council.

As a representative of the “Union of Informed Citizens,” he received a number of prestigious awards, including the 2017 Universal Rights Award (in the “Promotion of Justice and Transparency” nomination), as well as the 2019 Democracy Defender Award presented by the 36 OSCE participating states.

Ashkhen Musheghyan holds Master’s degree in Political Science and is a public relations specialist. She was also trained at the Yerevan School of Political Studies of the Council of Europe (YSPS). She participated in a number of local and international trainings, various projects related to political and civil sectors. She is the author of several analytical articles on foreign policy.

In 2007-2017 she worked at the Armenian Center for National and International Studies as a public affairs specialist. And in 2013-2018 she worked for Haykakan Zhamanak (The Armenian Times) daily newspaper as deputy managing editor. Since 2017 Ms. Musheghyan has been working at the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as Executive Director.

Lilit Musyuk has a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the Faculty of Marketing and Business Organization at Armenian State University of Economics. In 2023-2024, she worked as an HR specialist at Boon TV.

Since September 2024, Lilit has been working as an assistant to executive director at the Union of Informed Citizens NGO.

Piruza Petrosyan has a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the Department of International Relations of the Armenian-Russian (Slavonic) University. She has been working in the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as a program assistant since 2017. Since 2021, Piruza has been responsible for fundraising activities, supporting the financial stability of the organization.

In 2011, she finished the Master’s course in International Business Law at the French University of Armenia, in 2016 she graduated from the RA School of Advocates with civil and administrative orientation.

She worked in the judicial system, then in the Parliament with main focus on legislative initiatives, constitutional disputes, as well as inquiries, state budget analysis and recommendations.

In 2022, she authored a report on war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Azerbaijan during the 44-day war, recommendations for policy development against hate speech, other analyses of legal nature. Since October 2022, she has worked in the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as a Project Officer. Since January 2024, she has been working in the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as a lawyer/legal adviser.

In 2013-2014 was involved in various human rights NGOs as an intern. 2013-2017 participated in electoral processes as a proxy and a committee member. In 2017 actively participated in the Armenian National Congress campaign for the resolution of the Artsakh conflict. In 2021 monitored court hearings related to electoral disputes as a representative of the Union of Informed Citizens NGO. In 2021-2022 lectured social studies at Sarasas International School (Thailand). Since January 2025, has been working at the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as a Law Enforcement Consultant and Lawyer.

Sevada Ghazaryan studied in State Engineering University of Armenia in 2008-2016. In 2012-2014, he served in the RA Armed Forces. In 2014-2018, Mr. Ghazaryan worked in the private sector. He has been working in the Fact Investigation Platform as a journalist since  October 2019. Since October 2023, he has been working in the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as procurement monitoring expert.

Mane Khachikyan is a graduate of the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University, class 2025. She is currently pursuing Master’s degree majoring in World Politics at the same faculty. She is an active participant in socio-political life.

Her areas of interest include democracy, women’s participation in politics, the interrelationship of Armenia’s domestic and foreign policies, as well as conflict resolution and peacebuilding issues.

Mane has participated and continues to participate in local and international programs and courses within the scope of her professional interests. In June 2025, she joined the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as a Communications Coordinator.

Harutyun Saroyan graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema, Department of Animation Directing.

In 2017-2018, Harutyun worked at Para TV as a cameraman. And in 2019-2020, he worked at Margasoft Corp as a video producer.

In 2020-2024, Harutyun worked at Academy Films, Boon TV, CivilNet, Infocom, Public Television Company as a cameraman, director and editor. Since August 2025, he has been working at the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as a Cameraman / Video Editor.

Shushan Harutyunyan has graduated from Yerevan State University, Department of Russian Philology. Starting from 2015, she worked as a translator for the news website analitik.am.

Since 2016, she has been working as a proofreader for the cultural and educational magazine “Zham” (Moscow). Ms. Harutyunyan has been working as a translator and website moderator in the “Union of Informed Citizens” NGO since October 2016.

Hasmik Hambardzumyan is a graduate of the Department of Journalism at Yerevan State University. She has worked in a number of Armenian media outlets and organizations, including Panorama.am, MediaLab.am, Parliamentmonitoring.am, Journalists for Human Rights NGO (Forrights.am). In 2019-2021, Hasmik worked in the RA Ministry of Finance as a chief public relations specialist.

Hasmik has participated in many international exchange programs for journalists, and successfully completed training courses organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. In 2023, she completed the Media Management course at the Center for Media Initiatives, and also participated in the DW Global Media Forum held in Bonn.

Since May 2024, Hasmik has been working at the Fact Investigation Platform as editor-in-chief.

Nane Manasyan has graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Yerevan State University. She received her Master’s Degree from the Department of Turkish Studies of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.  She has been engaged in Journalism since 2014, working in the “Lratvakan” Radio, PanARMENIAN.Net website, “Yerkir Media” and Armenia TVs. Ms. Manasyan has been Chief Secretary of the federation in 2017-2019. She has been working in the Union of Informed Citizens NGO as a media monitoring expert since 2019. She has been working as a journalist at the Fact Investigation Platform since September 2021.

Gayane Markosyan is a multimedia journalist and a Master’s degree holder in media management.

She has over 15 years of experience in journalism and public communication. She has collaborated with prestigious Armenian and international media organizations as a journalist, editor, consultant, as well as a communications and public relations expert.

Gayane has been recognized as a winner in reputable Armenian and international journalism competitions in different years. Since July 2025, she has joined the Fact Investigation Platform as a Fact Checker Journalist.

Aren Nahapetyan has participated in up to 200 youth trainings and capacity-building projects. He is alumna of 5 long-term capacity-building schools on democracy, human rights and media literacy. Aren has been working in the Fact Investigation Platform as a journalist since he completed his military service in October 2025.