On February 11, 2017, 23-year-old Russian citizen Zurab Nemsadze has presumably committed suicide in of the rooms of the Ani Plaza hotel [in Yerevan]. According to a number of media reports, a young man had previously filed a police complaint against Zurab, accusing him of sexual… Read More
The Non-Discrimination and Equality Coalition has been closely following the recent discussions about the photograph published by Photo Atelier Marashlyan. The published family photograph is distinctive in that it portrays a white woman (presumably of Armenian descent) and a black man with their child, all dressed in national Armenian… Read More
On December 10th the Heinrich Boll foundation, Civil Society International Center, and a group of civil society non-governmental organization presented a world-wide Civic Charter. The Global Framework for People’s Participation is composed by a group of organizations and are directed towards governments, who are required to to ensure… Read More
Public Information and Need of Knowledge (PINK Armenia), in cooperation with the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boll Foundation, is announcing a Call for Project Proposals for a small grants component within the EU-funded action Solidarity Network for LGBTI in Armenia and Georgia (2015-2017). The small grants… Read More
Human Rights House Yerevan is deeply saddened to announce the untimely death of its initiator and chairperson, Mikael Danielyan, on August 24, 2016. Mikael founded and led the Helsinki Association in Armenia and at the same time he supported the establishment of many other… Read More
With the initiative of PINK Armenia NGO Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum made a statement condemning the slaughter at “Pulse” gay club in USA, Orlando. Statement says: The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Condemns the Heinous Crime Committed… Read More
An armed man broke into the LGBT nightclub “Pulse” on June 12 in Orlando, Florida, killing 50 people and injuring 53 others. We, representatives of the LGBTI community, supporters, civil society representatives and Armenian citizens, condemn the hate crime committed at nightclub, as well as express our condolences to… Read More
As Georgia, Armenia’s neighbor to the north, celebrates its independence day today, the country’s LGBT community is still reeling from a fresh wave of anti-LGBT violence. After government officials denied LGBT activists a permit to march on Tbilisi to… Read More
On December 8-11, 2015, the project partners from Armenia and Georgia within the EU-funded action Solidarity Network for LGBTI in Armenia and Georgia, implemented by the Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus Regional Office, as well as… Read More
