Two incidents of hate crimes were committed in Yerevan on the grounds of the victims\u2019 sexual orientation and gender identity during the past month. The incidents caused multiple physical injuries and significant emotional distress to the victims.<\/p>\n
On February 27, 2018 a transgender woman was beaten in her apartment, and then her apartment was set on fire. Consequently, she was hospitalised, fell into a coma, and regained consciousness on the fourth day of hospitalisation. Then, on April 1, 2018, a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in downtown Yerevan by a 35-year-old man who suspected that the boy is a \u2018faggot.\u2019 The boy was hospitalised with penetrating wounds of the chest and pelvis. In both cases, the predators were released from the police office on the condition that they would not leave Armenia.<\/strong><\/p>\n These crimes are the consequences of the indifference of Armenian law enforcement agencies, the hate propaganda by the Armenian government officials and the biased decisions of the jurisprudence systems. As a result, people who are full of hateful thoughts and behaviour towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, have the mindset that their actions are above the Law and they will have the support of law enforcement agencies and remain unpunished. Moreover, we presented evidence of comments threatening to kill or injure LGBT individuals on social media as well as evidence of crime already conducted against LGBT individuals, which remained non-investigated \u2018due to lack of criminality or inability to find the victim.\u2019 Comments on social media indicate people\u2019s desire to injure LGBT individuals or heroise the person who committed the crime. This\u00a0 proves that hate propaganda and State inactivity\u00a0 put the lives of anyone associated with the LGBT community in danger.<\/p>\n Hence, we, the members of the undersigned organisations, express our deep concerns about the above-mentioned hate crimes as well as the unfair and biased investigation of these incidents by Armenian authorities. We demand full and unbiased investigation and conviction of the predators. Moreover, we demand the Armenian Law Enforcement agencies to:<\/p>\n PINK Armenia * text on the photo: “Hate kills”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two incidents of hate crimes were committed in Yerevan on the grounds of the victims\u2019 sexual orientation and gender identity during the past month. The incidents caused multiple physical injuries and significant emotional distress to the victims. On February 27, 2018 a transgender woman was beaten in her apartment, and then her apartment was set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1482,"template":"","categories":[356],"tags":[],"news_events-categories":[357],"class_list":["post-1866","news_events","type-news_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","news_events-categories-announcements"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\nNew Generation Humanitarian NGO
\nReal World, Real People NGO
\nSociety Without Violence NGO
\nCenter for Legal Initiatives NGO
\nBekum NGO
\nWomen\u2019s Resource Center NGO
\nWomen\u2019s Support Center NGO
\nHelsinki Citizens\u2019 Assembly Vanadzor
\nOpen Society Foundation-Armenia
\nMedia Initiatives Center
\n\u201cAsparez\u201d Journalists Club
\nYerevan Press Club
\nHuman Rights House Yerevan
\nWomen\u2019s Rights Center NGO
\nDisability Info NGO
\nSpitak Helsinki Group
\nPeace Dialogue NGO
\nSexual Assault Crisis Center
\nMy Lawyer NGO
\nHelsinki Committee of Armenia
\nFree Citizen NGO
\nJournalists for Human Rights NGO
\nHuman Rights Power NGO
\nHelsinki Association NGO
\nNon-discrimination and Equality Coalition
\nCoalition to Stop Violence against Women
\nHuman Rights Research Center NGO
\nProtection of Rights without Borders NGO
\nColorful House Social-Cultural and Human Rights Defender NGO
\nEcoLur Informational NGO
\nTransparency International Anticorruption Center<\/p>\n