photo: CBSNEWS “There should not be any criminal prosecution or any other prosecution of sexual minorities,” said President Vladimir Putin in the interview for CBS. He condemned the laws prohibiting non-traditional sexual orientation in four states of America (Texas, Montana, Oklahoma and Kansas) and blamed external forces for deliberately… Read More
Armen Gondarchyan (Armenchik) used the hashtag of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) human rights’ online campaign while referring about him being granted the title of Armenia’s Honored Artist at his official Facebook page. He thanked… Read More
photo: Syda Productions / Shutterstock.com Homophobic attitudes may say a lot about the person who holds them, new research suggests. People who have strongly negative views of gay people also have higher levels of psychoticism (the tendency of purchasing a psychotic disorder which includes recklessness, disregard of the environment and… Read More
Five years old data shows: 86.1 percent of women and 84.4 percent of men reported discriminatory attitudes towards people with HIV/AID, based on the most recent demographic and health survey, which was carried out in 2010, says the US Department of State report concerning Human rights… Read More
Societal discrimination in Armenia based on sexual orientation and gender identity negatively affected employment, family relations, and access to education and health care, says in report of US Department of State concerning human rights situation in Armenia in 2014. The research notes, that anti discrimination laws do not apply… Read More
Discrimination towards the LGBT community in Armenia continues to be widespread, as the state fails to undertake any actions to reduce the negative attitude towards the LGBT community and to protect their human rights. Rather than promote equality, the leading political party representatives and media affiliated with authorities continue to… Read More
Hostility and discrimination against LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex) people remained widespread in Armenia. Hate speech and violence were still pervasive, while the police and the judiciary systematically added to the predicament of victims and prisoners. Homophobic and transphobic tensions mounted as Armenia announced it would join the Eurasian… Read More
Armenian authorities haven’t undertaken any measures to protect the rights of LGBTI people, while discrimination and hostility towards them continued to be a major problem, is stated in 2014 report of EU Eastern partnership in frames of Armenia. In the report which was published on March… Read More
Governments of United Nation’s member countries do not provide sufficient responses concerning UN’s requests about human rights defenders. The responses often are general or evasive and not easy to understand, says the report of Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. He notes, that… Read More
