Affiliated media: Pastinfo.am, Online publication

Incident date: March 3, 2017

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
• Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On March 3, the lawyer Ghevond Papoyan brought a lawsuit to the court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan against the “Pastinfo” news agency and Julieta Hakobyan claiming disproval of slander and demanding a reimbursement of AMD 1 million. The reason for the claim is the article published on the website “Pastinfo.am” under the heading “Old lady complained against a lawyer demanding her money back: the lawyer responds”, and disseminated it on Facebook.