Affiliated media: Pastinfo.am, Online news website
Incident date: December 26, 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 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.