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Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Friday, 31 March 2017

Parliamentary election in Armenia #armvote17 and LGBT rights

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I have no much hopes left for elections in Armenia under current circumstances . I know that at the end it will be the ruling Republican p...
Saturday, 18 June 2016

Armenia and Orlando

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Armenia president Serj Sargsyan strongly condemns “horrendous manifestation of intolerance” and “any expression of hatred”. At least, this ...
Friday, 4 December 2015

Why ARF Dashnaktsutyun in Armenia suck big time

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There are many reasons why Dashnaks in Armenia suck. Here is just one of the reasons. Prominent party member, MP Artsvik Minasyan endorsed i...
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Wednesday, 25 June 2014

PACE questions Armenia on LGBT rights. How Socialist International member ARF Dashnaktsutyun fights for equality and gay rights?

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Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs Axel Fischer (Germany, EPP/CD) and Alan Meale (United K...
Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Human Rights Watch: World Report 2014 on LGBT rights violations in Armenia and Georgia, silence re Azerbaijan

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Unfortunately, no similar section (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) is available within the country specific Human Rights Watch repo...
Sunday, 13 October 2013

Nouvelles d'Arménie on discrimination of trans people & LGBT rights violations in Armenia

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While Armenia human rights ombudsman, conveniently ‘forgetting’ what his position is all about, targets trans sex workers and uses neo-nazi ...
Thursday, 22 August 2013

Armenia: No Space For Difference - Amnesty International exposes widespread discrimination and attacks on LGBT people

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Armenia: New report paints bleak picture for country's independent media, human rights activists and LGBTI community Posted : 22 Augus...
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Saturday, 3 August 2013

"No more homophobia, fascism in Armenia" - message from Stockholm Gay Pride

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"No more homophobia, fascism in Armenia" - message on a poster carried during the Stockholm Gay Pride march in Sweden.   This ...
Monday, 29 July 2013

DIY firebombers court case: anti-gay attackers effectively pardoned in Armenia

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UPDATE 23 October 2013 : Amnesty Granted to Brothers Accused of Bombing Gay-Friendly Bar DIY  (+ comments section below) *** Here we are...
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Wednesday, 3 July 2013

AGLA NY sets up “Emergency fund” and scholarship for LGBT people in Armenia and Diaspora

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Some thirty guests came together on May 23rd at the home of Veken Gueyekian and Hrag Vartanian in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to celebrate Armeni...
Sunday, 30 June 2013

Armenians in Istanbul Gay Pride in solidarity with LGBT people in Armenia and in support of universal human rights

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“DIY is everywhere” [“Ամեն տեղ “DIY” է”] says one poster, in reference and in solidarity with the gay friendly bar DIY in Armenia capi...
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Sunday, 23 June 2013

Violence, intimidation, no legislative protection - reports highlight urgent need for Armenia authorities to ACT NOW to tackle LGBT discrimination

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Series of reports published over the last month or so by various European, international and local groups consistently highlighted lack of ...
Friday, 24 May 2013

Amnesty International names and shames Armenia's ԷՇ + more

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Amnesty International released its annual 2013 country specific reports. Although the reports are brief and not comprehensive, they do point...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Norwegian Helsinki Committee calls Armenia authorities to adopt anti-discrimination legislation and tackle hate crime

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Read also:  DIY watershed: one year on since gay friendly bar firebombed in Armenia capital Yerevan *via the Norwegian Helsinki Committee ...

#nohate Roundtable discussion on hate culture in Armenia 1 year on following DIY firebombing

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Read also:  DIY watershed: one year on since gay friendly bar firebombed in Armenia capital Yerevan *source: PINK Armenia Exactly one ye...
Thursday, 9 May 2013

DIY watershed: one year on since gay friendly bar firebombed in Armenia capital Yerevan

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One year on... since neo-nazi thugs attacked gay friendly bar DIY in downtown Yerevan. Below are my reflections of what has happened since ...
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Saturday, 20 April 2013

US State Department highlights LGBT discrimination in Armenia, DIY bombing and officials’ endorsement of anti-gay attacks

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US State Department published its annual country-specific human rights reports, including Armenia related. In the chapter that highlights d...
Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Analysis: Nationalism and Sexuality in Modern Armenian Discourse

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Good analysis by Marine Margaryan of PINK Armenia and Tamar Shirinian, PhD candidate in cultural anthropology. Few quotes below. For articl...
Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Attack against gay friendly DIY bar and disruption of diversity march feature in the UK Foreign Office "travel advice to Armenia"

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For the first time, updated " travel advice to Armenia " by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)  features attack against ...
Friday, 1 February 2013

Human Rights Watch 2013 report on Armenia highlights discrimination against LGBT people

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Below are relevant extracts from the Human Rights Watch 2013 report on Armenia : Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity In July, the NG...
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