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Stories under this heading cover the South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as the unrecognised entities of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

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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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OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen hold an effective meeting with president of Karabakh
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen hold an effective meeting with president of Karabakh

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen hold an effective meeting with president of Karabakh

On March 3 in Stepanakert, the newly-appointed French Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure, who paid his first visit to Nagorno-Karabakh together with Igor Popov (Russia) and Robert Bradtke (U.S.), said that he knows almost nothing about the Karabakh conflict though he has read much about it
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Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan disseminates statement refuting Azerbaijani media reports on Nagorny Karabakh
Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan disseminates statement refuting Azerbaijani media reports on Nagorny Karabakh

Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan disseminates statement refuting Azerbaijani media reports on Nagorny Karabakh

Azerbaijani mass media have quoted the statement by Leonid Filimonov, representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Stavropol Krai, on Nagorny Karabakh conflict and Russia's stance on it
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Aliev meets with the Emir of Qatar
Aliev meets with the Emir of Qatar

Aliev meets with the Emir of Qatar

The Gulf state of Qatar has emerged in the last year as an important player in regional and global politics thanks to its importance as an energy supplier and its huge financial resources.
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AFP:
AFP:

AFP:

Change of regime in Iran may have unpredictable and possibly negative consequences for Armenia
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Ambassador of Kazakhstan:
Ambassador of Kazakhstan:

Ambassador of Kazakhstan:

Ireland, which is currently chairing the OSCE, has its own priorities in resolution of Karabakh conflict
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Larisa Alaverdyan:
Larisa Alaverdyan:

Larisa Alaverdyan:

Having allowed Azerbaijan to become active in Khojalu problem, Armenia takes no action in Sumgait problem