Starting from January – June 2019 Pink Armenia documented 24 cases of discrimination related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI). For comparison, it is worth noting that in 2018 the overall 25 cases have been documented. Three of the registered cases occurred during the earlier years but revealed only… Read More
The application submitted to the European Court of Human Rights concerning proper investigation of the arson attack on DIY club and the following threats and harassment in 2012 was communicated by the Court, on 17 May, 2019. The Government of the RA has to answer to the following questions: Did… Read More
Sophia Gasparian, an artist in Los Angeles made this breathtaking mural in Reflect Space, which is a gallery located in City of Glendale’s Central Library. “I was commissioned to install a mural on Armenian history. I chose images of Goddess Anahid, Ottoman gendarmes slaughtering Armenian toddlers, an Armenian Genocide survivor… Read More
On May 15th, we presented our 3 new reports at the Human Rights House Yerevan event, which was organized in the framework of IDAHOT week, ahead of May 17th, which is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The following reports were presented at the event: “… Read More
US Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor has published “Armenia 2018 Human Rights Report”, which announces that human rights issues in Armenia in 2018 also included crimes involving violence or threats thereof targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons. The… Read More
On April 12-14, 2019, Kiev hosted the Second European Lesbian Conference, one of the main aims of which was to provide a space for lesbian* women to develop a political agenda and a working plan for the European Lesbian* Movement, which aims to increase the impact and visibility of the… Read More
The idea of The Day of Silence was launched in 1996 when Maria Pulzetti, a student at the University of Virginia, USA, initiated an event to make the violence and humiliation of LGBT students more visible. The Day of Silence is celebrated annually, on April. On that day Students take… Read More
The Human Rights Defender’s Office of Armenia has published the annual report of 2018, which also highlighted discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, as well as discrimination against people living with HIV. The report notes that, as a result of the legislation study, the problem that the legislation does… Read More
Earlier this year ILGA-Europe published its annual review of the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex people covering the period of January to December 2018. The chapter on Armenia addressed parliamentarians’ homophobic remarks, as well as Shurnukh… Read More
