Date: 21 April 2018, 7pm, Yerevan To: United Nations, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, European Commission, Diplomatic missions in Armenia URGENT APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND DEMOCRATIC STATES We, the undersigned civil society organizations in Armenia, would […]

On April 6, at the United Cross statue, symbolizing the Armenian-Russian friendship, a candlelight vigil was held in commemoration of the victims of the attacks on LGBT people in the Chechen Republic of Russia last year. Systematic persecution of LGBT […]

On April 5, a demonstration was held in front of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office. Two attacks have happened in a month, based on people’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The demonstrators, doubting that the law-enforcement bodies would justly investigate […]

Two incidents of hate crimes were committed in Yerevan on the grounds of the victims’ sexual orientation and gender identity during the past month. The incidents caused multiple physical injuries and significant emotional distress to the victims. On February 27, […]

LGBTnews.am has interviewed Gevorg Petrosyan, an MP from “Tsarukyan” faction, lawyer, who lectures are YSU, Faculty of Law. In the National Assembly, he is a member of Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs and Protection of Human Rights and […]

On March 21, a preliminary hearing in the case Public Information and Need of Knowledge NGO vs. The Municipality of Yerevan took place at the Administrative Court of Yerevan; the case concerns the removal of public posters advocating tolerance towards […]