Pastinfo.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Pastinfo.am, Online news website

Incident date: December 26, 2025

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial information system

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On 26 December, the St Gregory the Illuminator Medical Centre filed a lawsuit with the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against Pastinfo LLC, the founder of the news website Pastinfo.am, demanding a retraction of information that allegedly damages honour, dignity and business reputation, as well as compensation for defamation in the amount of 6 million drams (over $15,000). The grounds for the lawsuit were an article published on the aforementioned website on 10 December entitled “Deadly Ambulance: St Gregory the Illuminator Medical Centre Refused to Admit a Patient. The Latter Died at Home.” The case is currently under consideration by the court.

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