We, the representatives of civil society, consider discrimination and hate speech, continued physical and psychological persecution of people, as well as violations of the judicial system on these occasions in Armenia unacceptable. In particular, we express our concerns regarding the verdict of the case 2042/02/14 made by the judge… Read More
“Public Information and Need of Knowledge” NGO will hold a photo exhibition called (IN)2VALUABLE. In order to take part in the exhibition, the authors can submit their photos, where the concepts of tolerance and anti-discrimination are reflected. The best entries will be awarded with the… Read More
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 interests of international homosexual lobbying: the blacklist of country’s and nation’s enemies.” In the article, the author presents a “blacklist” containing Facebook hyperlinks of 60 people, makes… Read More
May 17 is the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. It is celebrated every year on May 17 in more than 100 countries in order to raise issues about violations of LGBT human rights. The day is symbolic because of the fact that on May 17, 1990 World Healthcare… Read More
The Armenian Gay and Lesbian Association of New York is alarmed that in August 2013 the Armenian police proposed a ban on “promoting non-traditional sexual relationships”, which would effectively target LGBT people in Armenia with prejudice. We call for the President, Prime Minister, and Parliament… Read More
The dissemination of aggressive misinformation is strongly marked on the eve of Association Agreement with the European Union, the target of which became human rights organizations. Recently, instead of the faction submitting the draft, organizations engaged in the protection of women’s rights are re-targeted during the heated discussions over… Read More
The RA draft law about amendments to the RA law on “Equal rights and equal opportunities of women and men” was presented by the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to have it included in the August 29, 2013 agenda of the RA government. Paragraph 4 of Article… Read More
We are happy to inform that “Public Information and Need of Knowledge” (PINK Armenia) has launched a new project called “Social Empowerment and Education”, which aims to develop consolidation and civic activism in Armenia by empowering civic activists and community leaders for non-discriminative approach, successful and… Read More
