Hetq

Source profile

Origin:

Armenia

Region:

Europe

Founded:

2001

Ownership: Published by the Investigative Journalists NGO, founded by working journalists in 2000 and registered in 2001; co-founder Edik Baghdasaryan has been editor-in-chief throughout. A commercial arm, Hetq LLC, operates alongside the NGO. No board or trustees are published.

Funding: Pooled grants across several donors including the United States Department of State, which cut support in 2025, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the International Fund for Public Interest Media and the German Federal Foreign Office, plus commercial video production and sponsored business content.

Focus Areas: Corruption and public procurement, mining and environment, prisons and human rights, courts, Nagorno-Karabakh, media ownership

Language:

Armenian, English and Russian