The 17th of May is observed every year as the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. This day was initially set 16 years ago to commemorate the decision to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1990. The purpose of IDAHOBIT… Read More
US Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor has published the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The chapter on Armenia highlights significant human rights issues including crimes involving violence or threats of violence targeting civil society figures and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,… Read More
On the first of March, people around the world join together to celebrate Zero Discrimination Day. The UN first celebrated Zero Discrimination Day on March 1st, 2014, after UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS, launched its Zero Discrimination Campaign on World AIDS Day in December 2013. Read More
Every year, “Pink” Human Rights Defender NGO documents human rights violations and discrimination cases based on sexual orientation and gender identity, providing legal assistance to LGBT people if necessary. These violations are registered through the organization’s hotlines, calls, letters, and messages received through the organization’s social media pages and by… Read More
We started off the new year with the annual staff retreat, despite the challenges that we have faced as an organization recently. Pink’s staff had the opportunity to reflect on the organization’s work during the past year, as well as actively plan ahead the upcoming activities, policies and most importantly,… Read More
On September 27th, 2020, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched a large-scale offensive against the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh), targeting the civilian population, peaceful settlements of Artsakh and Armenia, as well as civilian infrastructures. Martial law has been declared in Artsakh and Armenia. Officials from Artsakh and Armenia, as well as numerous… Read More
We had just declared the National Day to Fight for LGBT+ Rights when the court made a new decision in favor of the victims of Shurnukh case. On August 4th, the RA Criminal Court of Appeal recorded that the rights of the victims had been violated… Read More
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Pink human rights defender and Women’s Resource Center non-governmental organizations launched Arousyag online campaign to help raise money for women and LGBT people who have found themselves in difficult and desperate situations. The campaign will end on August 15th, 2020. We thank… Read More
The human rights defender organizations of Armenia have organized different events to fight against discrimination towards LGBT people and to protect their rights. Many public discussions and meetings have been held with law enforcement bodies, the members of the National Assembly, and the representatives of other state bodies. The organizations… Read More
