The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor has published its annual country reports on Human Rights Practices, also known as the Human Rights Reports. The reports paint a clear picture of where human rights and democracy are under threat. The country report on Armenia… Read More
March 31st is the International Trans Day of Visibility. Various awareness-raising activities are carried out within the framework of this day. The day provides an opportunity for trans people and their supporters, to raise the issues of the trans community, discuss viable solutions, talk and educate people about what it… Read More
On March 1, 2022, the Administrative Court of the Republic of Armenia published a judgment rejecting the recognition of three advertisements that promoted tolerance towards LGBT people presented by “Pink” human rights defender NGO as social advertisements. The court once again contributed to the spread of discrimination and inequality in… Read More
Every year, people all around the world gather on March 1st to mark “Zero Discrimination Day”. It was first marked on March 1st, 2014, after Michelle Sidibe, the second Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS, announced the start of Zero Discrimination Campaign on World… Read More
Every year the Ombudsperson publishes an annual report of their activities in the previous year, as well as the situation of human rights and freedoms protection. The annual report contains an analysis of the existing problems in certain fields, as well as concrete proposals aimed towards resolving those problems. At… Read More
Watching the world’s greatest athletes compete on the oldest and largest sporting stage, it’s easy to feel all their emotions — success and failure, the highs and the lows, however, this path has always been much more difficult for LGBTQ people, as it has always been accompanied by unfair and… Read More
In 2017, Pink human rights defender NGO petitioned the Ministry of Culture to recognize three advertisements promoting tolerance for LGBT people as social ads. The Ministry of Culture did not recognize the “Do you want everyone to be happy? Then wish us happiness”, “LGBT people are not invisible. You meet… Read More
ILGA-Europe’s annual review of the human rights situation of LGBTI people in Europe and Central Asia shows that in 2021 there was a startling increase in anti-LGBTI rhetoric from politicians and other leaders that caused a wave of violence with anti-LGBTI hate crime reported in every country. In response, there… Read More
From January 10 to 14th, Pink’s annual planning took place. The staff members of the Yerevan office and regions took part in the planning, including the new employees who joined our team recently. During the planning, we discussed the organization’s activities and strategic directions, we took a look back at… Read More
