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Showing posts with label UN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UN. Show all posts
Thursday, 5 November 2015

US Ambassador and UN office in Armenia in solidarity with LGBT activists amid homophobic hysteria and threats following groundbreaking Rainbow forum

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A group of homophobic Putin fans in Armenia announced their plan to stage a protest action on 6 November against US Ambassador’s statement i...
Friday, 26 September 2014

Armenia ambassador Vahram Kazhoyan joins UN Free & Equal initiative making stance against homophobia

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Big respects to Armenia ambassador Vahram Kazhoyan who publicly supported the United Nation’s Free & Equal initiative by taking stance ...
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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Sunday, 15 July 2012

Armenia LGBT rights record to be scrutinised before UN Human Rights Committee

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Review of Armenia at UN Human Rights Committee to begin on Monday 16 July 2012. PINK Armenia in cooperation with the Heartland Alliance fo...
Saturday, 26 May 2012

United Nations Armenia Office Statement on Discrimination against Sexual Minorities

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* UN Armenia office [ Armenian version ] The United Nations in Armenia condemns the recent expressions and acts of violence and intol...
Thursday, 19 April 2012

"I am erasing my mask of silence": PINK Armenia marks Day of Silence

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*via PINK Armenia In various states of the world, starting from 1996, the third Friday of April is being commemorated as a day of silenc...

"Tolerance and Homophobia" - youth discussion at UN Armenia office

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“Public Information and Need of Knowledge” NGO in cooperation with European Union Delegation to Armenia and UN Department of Public Informat...
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Aram Abrahamyan did it again: new homophobic outburst by the editor of Armenia’s highly ‘liberal’ and ‘ethical’ daily Aravot

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He begins with a statement that he "understands" everything: European values, tolerance, political correctness etc. In fact, what ...
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Saturday, 25 June 2011

Police violence against LGBT persons in Azerbaijan - Council of Europe report

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In Azerbaijan during 2009 police raided bars which LGBT persons visit and arrested almost 50 people. Police reportedly held the individuals ...
Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Armenia and Georgia, among 85 countries, signed major UN gay rights statement

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Following historic UN statement in 2008 - History in making: 66 countries, including Armenia, signed a joint UN statement against discrimina...
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Sunday, 21 November 2010

Azerbaijan joins totalitarian ‘club’ of homophobic countries by voting to remove sexual orientation from the UN resolution condemning executions based on discriminatory grounds

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Azerbaijan became the only country in the South Caucasus to support such move, proposed by African Group at the UN and supported mainly by a...
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Friday, 24 September 2010

IWPR roundtable on LGBT issues in Armenia: ‘Why does Ombudsman trust police and not appeal by citizen?’ asks Hovsepyan

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*via Epress.am Though Armenia signed the UN Declaration Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Decembe...
Friday, 18 June 2010

UN expert calls for better protection of human rights defenders, including LGBT, in Armenia

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UN News Centre : 18 June 2010 – Armenian authorities must take steps to protect human rights defenders, who are often physically attacked, h...
Thursday, 4 February 2010

Azeri MPs boycotted Council of Europe (PACE) gay rights debate

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Surprise-surprise. You know... same old bullshit (see below re-post from a local news agency in Baku). As I mentioned in my earlier post, ...
Monday, 25 January 2010

Georgia: Church inspired opposition to upcoming Council of Europe (PACE) debate on gay rights resolution

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During its session on 25-29 January, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will debate a groundbreaking resolution on “...
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Thursday, 1 October 2009

Armenia aligns with the EU human rights / gay rights statement

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"Human rights apply equally to every human being regardless of sex, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, di...
Sunday, 20 September 2009

Editorial: "Armenia’s progressive new AIDS policy suggests it can be a regional leader"

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By Jirair Ratevosian and Amy Hagopian   The Armenian Weekly Earlier this year, we visited Armenia en route to a meeting of the 12th World Co...
Thursday, 27 August 2009

UN Human Rights Committee calls Azerbaijan to combat harassment of LGBT by state employees

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I posted about this earlier . Now ILGA-Europe provides details on developments. Not that I think this will have any practical impact on Azer...
Friday, 31 July 2009

Report on violations of LGBT rights in Azerbaijan presented at UN Human Rights Committee

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Via Friends of Azerbaijan , Gender and Development local LGBT NGO, in partnership with Global Rights and ILGA-Europe, presented a report on ...
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Thursday, 21 May 2009

EU - plus Armenia and Georgia, but not Azerbaijan - condemns Burundi for its recent criminalisation of gay sex

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PrideSource reports that EU issued a statement condemning Burundi's criminalisation of gay sex. What is becoming a positive pattern an...