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Dunya Mijatovic: "Entrenched harmful stereotypes and prejudice against LGBTI people still prevail in segments of Georgian society, including some politicians"

Dunya Mijatovic: "Entrenched harmful stereotypes and prejudice against LGBTI people still prevail in segments of Georgian society, including some politicians"

On March 27, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, issued a statement calling on the Georgian government to “fully respect” its human rights obligations as a Council of Europe member state, “including with regard to the protection of the human rights of LGBTI people,” in response to the ruling party’s initiation of two draft constitutional laws on “family values and the protection of minors.” “I am concerned about the present political discourse in Georgia, as illustrated by the announcement made by the Georgian Dream Party of their initiative to amend the Constitution and to adopt a new constitutional law on ‘Protection of Family Values and Underaged Persons’. It is reflective of entrenched harmful stereotypes and prejudice against LGBTI people which still prevail in segments of Georgian society, including some politicians, and is capable of having a strong, negative impact on the human rights, safety and well-being of LGBTI people and defenders of their rights. It also represents the political manipulation of LGBTI-phobia in the run-up to elections, which I have previously condemned, and which should have no place in a democratic society, based on the rule of law and respect for human rights of everyone.

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ArmInfo: Minsk Group Co-Chairs express their concern with issue of civilian flights to Nagorno-Karabakh
ArmInfo: Minsk Group Co-Chairs express their concern with issue of civilian flights to Nagorno-Karabakh

ArmInfo: Minsk Group Co-Chairs express their concern with issue of civilian flights to Nagorno-Karabakh

The press service of the Organization reports that the Co-Chairs repeated their concerns regarding the issue of civilian flights to Nagorno-Karabakh and the recent violence on the Line of Contact.
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Russia reacts to Azerbaijani protest..But is there more behind this story?
Russia reacts to Azerbaijani protest..But is there more behind this story?

Russia reacts to Azerbaijani protest..But is there more behind this story?

RIA Novosti takes off offending article and Baku embassy says "it is not necessary in this context to call into question the unchanged position of Moscow regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict". But is there more behind this story?
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Russian Envoy summoned to Foreign Ministry in Baku and handed protest note. Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammed-Guliev expressed concern and protest of Azerbaijan at article carried by Russian State News Agency RIA Novosti.
Russian Envoy summoned to Foreign Ministry in Baku and handed protest note. Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammed-Guliev expressed concern and protest of Azerbaijan at article carried by Russian State News Agency RIA Novosti.

Russian Envoy summoned to Foreign Ministry in Baku and handed protest note. Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammed-Guliev expressed concern and protest of Azerbaijan at article carried by Russian State News Agency RIA Novosti.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammed-Guliev expressed concern and protest of Azerbaijan at article carried by Russian State News Agency RIA Novosti.
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Azerbaijan takes prayer to front-line. The Islamic call to prayer echoes from Jumshud Mosque in the village of Chemenli in Agdam Region
Azerbaijan takes prayer to front-line. The Islamic call to prayer echoes from Jumshud Mosque in the village of Chemenli in Agdam Region

Azerbaijan takes prayer to front-line. The Islamic call to prayer echoes from Jumshud Mosque in the village of Chemenli in Agdam Region

The Islamic call to prayer echoes from Jumshud Mosque in the village of Chemenli in Agdam Region, 3 kilometers from the line of contact separating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.