{"id":6423,"date":"2025-09-01T17:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/25recap8\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:52:32","slug":"25recap8","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/25recap8\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap | August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Ministry of Health has begun exerting pressure on the founder of Pink NGO<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We express our deep concern and strongly condemn the unlawful and unfounded pressure against human rights defender Mamikon Hovsepyan, related to a decision of the Ethics Committee of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) for HIV\/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CCM Ethics Committee abused its authority, violated the principles of due process, and imposed a sanction without any legal basis. It is clear that this process is aimed at weakening civil oversight. Civil society plays an important role in demanding transparency and accountability from state bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Day for LGBT+ Human Rights Protection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

August 3 marks the National Day for LGBT+ Human Rights Protection. This day is important because it highlights the ongoing struggle for equal rights and protection for LGBT+ people in Armenia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day remembers an event in 2018, when nine young people, including LGBT+ activists, were attacked by more than 20 people in the Shurnukh community of the Syunik region. They were attacked because of their real or supposed sexual orientation and gender identity. And the investigation continues to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We published two videos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In August, we produced and published two videos in Armenian. The first one is about the visibility of LGBT+ people, since being visible can be difficult, but change begins with visibility. In the video, Hripsime and Mamikon talk about LGBT+ visibility, the obstacles and advantages related to it. Why is visibility important, and what has their personal experience been like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second video is a short story about elections, since it is important to talk with our community about the right to vote. Elections are the only way to form a government in democratic countries. Many people, especially young people, for different reasons do not participate in elections and therefore remain outside the process of shaping power. This leads to a situation where governments do not reflect the needs of young people and very often do not represent them. This short story is about what can happen when the majority of people do not participate in elections and what consequences that can have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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