{"id":1744,"date":"2015-02-26T09:49:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T05:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/amnesty-internationals-report-lgbti-persons-and-womens-rights-in-armenia\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:57:48","slug":"amnesty-internationals-report-lgbti-persons-and-womens-rights-in-armenia","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/amnesty-internationals-report-lgbti-persons-and-womens-rights-in-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International\u2019s report. LGBTI persons\u2019 and women\u2019s rights in Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POL1000012015ENGLISH.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-747\" style=\"width:248px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POL1000012015ENGLISH.jpg 667w, https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POL1000012015ENGLISH-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The adoption of a draft bill prohibiting all forms of discrimination was put on hold, while provisions expressly prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation were removed, it is stated in Amnesty International human rights organization\u2019s 2014\/2015 annual report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anti-discrimination bill was drafted as part of the requirements for Armenia\u2019s EU Association membership, but was abandoned after the government opted instead to join the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union, is noted in report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey also has a reference to LGBT friendly bar\u2019s explosion. Particular it says, that on 25 July 2013, a court in Yerevan sentenced two young men who threw Molotov cocktails into a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people friendly bar to two-year suspended sentences (Arameh and Hambik Khabazyan brothers were sentenced to one year seven months\u2019 provisional imprisonment and two years\u2019 probation). Despite admitting the homophobic motives behind their attack, both men were amnestied in October 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerning women\u2019s rights issues in report is noted, that on 5 November, staff of the NGO Women\u2019s Resource Centre and other women\u2019s rights activists were threatened and verbally assaulted as they were leaving a court room where they had been assisting a victim of domestic violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2013, the Women\u2019s Resource Centre had received anonymous death threats following its calls for gender equality legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No effective investigations into either of these incidents had been conducted by the end of the year, says the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The adoption of a draft bill prohibiting all forms of discrimination was put on hold, while provisions expressly prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation were removed, it is stated in Amnesty International human rights organization\u2019s 2014\/2015 annual report. The anti-discrimination bill was drafted as part of the requirements for Armenia\u2019s EU Association membership, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":747,"template":"","categories":[121],"tags":[],"news_events-categories":[122],"class_list":["post-1744","news_events","type-news_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","news_events-categories-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amnesty International\u2019s report. LGBTI persons\u2019 and women\u2019s rights in Armenia | Pink Armenia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amnesty International\u2019s report. 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