Affiliated media: Golos Armenii , Online news website, Newspaper

Incident date: April 9, 2025

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial information system

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On April 9, lawyer Alexandr Sirunyan filed a lawsuit with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against LLC "Golos," demanding an apology for offensive language and a retraction of information considered defamatory. The lawsuit was prompted by an article published on January 28 in media outlets owned by the mentioned LLC—the newspaper Golos Armenii and its namesake website—titled "It Won’t Rain Bricks," in which Alexandr Sirunyan, a candidate for the Supreme Judicial Council, was portrayed as a thoroughly corrupt individual.