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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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Are voters waking up from the 'Georgian Dream"? Days before local elections, Georgia's ruling coalition is faced with plummeting ratings and accusations of intimidation by political opponents.
Are voters waking up from the 'Georgian Dream"? Days before local elections, Georgia's ruling coalition is faced with plummeting ratings and accusations of intimidation by political opponents.

Are voters waking up from the 'Georgian Dream"? Days before local elections, Georgia's ruling coalition is faced with plummeting ratings and accusations of intimidation by political opponents.

Days before local elections, Georgia's ruling coalition is faced with plummeting ratings and accusations of intimidation by political opponents. Joseph Alexander Smith reports from Tbilisi for commonspace.eu.
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OSCE Chairman arrives in the South Caucasus on a vist that will focus on the unresolved conflicts and human rights concerns.
OSCE Chairman arrives in the South Caucasus on a vist that will focus on the unresolved conflicts and human rights concerns.

OSCE Chairman arrives in the South Caucasus on a vist that will focus on the unresolved conflicts and human rights concerns.

The President of the Swiss Confederation and current Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE will focus on the unresolved conflicts and human rights concerns during his visit.
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Sargsyan: "Karabakh not part of Armenia". The Armenian leader said issue of Karabakh joining the EEU as part of Armenia was never discussed.
Sargsyan: "Karabakh not part of Armenia". The Armenian leader said issue of Karabakh joining the EEU as part of Armenia was never discussed.

Sargsyan: "Karabakh not part of Armenia". The Armenian leader said issue of Karabakh joining the EEU as part of Armenia was never discussed.

The Armenian leader said that the issue of Karabakh joining the Eurasian Economic Union as part of Armenia was never under discussion. He described the comments of the Kazakh President in Astana as "unpleasant" but not damaging.
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Minsk Group diplomats meet Aliev.
Minsk Group diplomats meet Aliev.

Minsk Group diplomats meet Aliev.

At a meeting with international experts, held in Bern earlier this week, the diplomats were encouraged to take bolder measures in their efforts to break the current impasse, and help bring the sides to the next step of negotiations.
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Aliev: "The war with Armenia is ongoing" and "the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh regime will never be given a legal status".
Aliev: "The war with Armenia is ongoing" and "the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh regime will never be given a legal status".

Aliev: "The war with Armenia is ongoing" and "the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh regime will never be given a legal status".

In a tough speech marking the anniversary of the establishment of the first Azerbaijani Republic in 1918 the President said that "the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh regime will never be given a legal status"