Unzipped: Gay Armenia

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

For background:  EU head says LGBT people in Armenia are “the most vulnerable” while hatemongers celebrate “victory”... over cancellation ...

I am glad to see that independent A1+ TV’s flagship news programme is back on air (on its rival ArmNews!). Since its (decade-long) closure, ...

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

Dramatic developments in Tbilisi escalated over night into a fistfight between religious fundamentalists & neo-nazi groups and free spe...

I recommend reading this roundup of selected blog posts from the South Caucasus related to societal attitudes to sex, gender, sexuality... ...

Reporters Without Borders marks one year anniversary of blocking the access to YouTube in Turkey. Reporters Without Borders condemns the f...

Thousands of Iranians choose to celebrate Novruz in Armenia. Referring to the Public Radio of Armenia, Huliq says that "close to 20,...

Blog.teentv.ge is a teenagers’ TV programme (in Georgian) transmitted via Internet. They focus on alternative subcultures and try to fill i...

Well done, Shprot!!! The best show of the evening during the national selection for Eurovision 2009 in Armenia came from the most original...

According to Russian and Belarusian gay sites, newly elected Russian Patriarch Kirill is known for his extreme homophobic views and social...

Prominent Armenian human rights activist Mikael Danielyan was presented with the Defender of Freedom award during the reception at the U.S. ...

1. Famous transsexual Turkish singer Bülent Ersoy (I wrote about her case in one of my earlier posts ) has been acquitted of charges of crit...

10 December – Human Rights Day , 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights For details - see Unzipped

"Every summer many Armenians living abroad in diasporas are coming home to experience their sacred ancient land; the local tourism cate...

I do not think that shutting down blogging – temporarily fake self-banning - as a form of protest would have any effect. Quite the contrary,...

Azeri opposition journalist Agil Khalil’s saga continues. EurasiaNet reports that after several unsuccessful attempts, he eventually fled ...

*photo - Agil Khalil in a hospital after being attacked (RFE/RL) Agil Khalil, a reporter for the opposition Azadlig daily in Azerbaijan was...

The US State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor released its Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports 2008 on 27 May w...

Onnik Krikorian, Caucasus editor at Global Voices Online , posted analysis on evolution of Armenian blogging which reached the point of “com...