Lately different political groups, have used LGBT issues to spread manipulative, intolerant and hateful information․ We and international human rights organizations have raised…
Starting from July 2018, the Helsinki Committee of Armenia conducts pilot monitoring of hate speech and dangerous speech in Armenian mass media, including…
Media.am published Pink's executive director, Mamikon Hovsepyan's article on hate propaganda during the pre-election period.
It has become a custom in Armenia to manipulate LGBT…
The Human Rights Situation of LGBT People in Armenia, 2017 report summarizes the cases filed to and documented by PINK Armenia, presents excerpts…
2015 was a regressive year for LGBT people’s rights in Armenia, since the newly accepted Constitution restricted marriage as a union only between…
On December 18-20 PINK Armenia organized a three day workshop with journalists on how to cover sexuality and LGBT related issues in media.…
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Today the Civil Court of Appeal reviewed the claim of 16 citizens’ case against “Iravunk” newspaper.
The presiding judge Amhary Petrosyan, judges…
Petra DeSutter, Belgian delegate at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has initiated an announcement, which has been signed by…
Information Disputes Council has published an opinion on the case of 16 civil society representatives vs. “Iravunk Media” LTD and Hovhannes Galajyan.
The circumstances…
Civil society condemns the promotion of hate speech and discrimination at the state level in Armenia
We, the representatives of civil society, consider discrimination and hate speech, continued physical and psychological persecution of people, as well as violations of…
On 17th of May, 2014, the editor-in-chief of "Iravunk" newspaper Hovhannes Galajyan published an article on the newspaper’s website titled "They serve the…
It has been already 21 years that 3rd of May is being celebrated as World Press Freedom Day. On 20th of December in…
Armenia is proclaimed as a democratic country, the basic guideline of which is the institutionalization and implementation of liberal values; therefore, the state…
Human rights violations of LGBT people can be witnessed in any sphere of social life. Degrading treatment, psychological and physical violence, denial of…
Exactly one year ago, on May 8th, 2012, three young men bombed DIY pub in Yerevan, which was followed by scores of state…
Human rights defenders (HRDs) in Armenia continued to operate in a difficult political and advocacy environment in 2011 and 2012. The atmosphere of…
Introduction
LGBT rights violation can be witnessed in various spheres of social life. LGBT people state that there is discrimination toward them in…