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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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Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West
Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West

Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West

Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West, political expert, Sarkis Asatryan, said at today's press-conference.
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Expert: Azerbaijan's military budget growth connected with money laundering in defense sector
Expert: Azerbaijan's military budget growth connected with money laundering in defense sector

Expert: Azerbaijan's military budget growth connected with money laundering in defense sector

The growth of the military budget of Azerbaijan is connected with large- scale money laundering in the defense sector of that country, Sargis Asatryan, an expert on Azerbaijan, told media in Yerevan, Thursday.
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French senator's report on extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov is entitled "Hungary has shortage of freedom, human rights and European values"
French senator's report on extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov is entitled "Hungary has shortage of freedom, human rights and European values"

French senator's report on extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov is entitled "Hungary has shortage of freedom, human rights and European values"

Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan received today French Senator, mayor of Bourg-les-Valence, Bernard Piras. As press-service of the Armenian parliament reported, Abrahamyan highly appreciated the current level of the Armenian-French relations.
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Defense Minister of Italy: Resolution of Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe
Defense Minister of Italy: Resolution of Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe

Defense Minister of Italy: Resolution of Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe

Resolution of the Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe, Defense Minister of Italy, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, told media in Yerevan, Wednesday.
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On Capitol Hill representatives of Hay Dut raise issue of necessity of official recognition of Nagornyy Karabakh by the USA
On Capitol Hill representatives of Hay Dut raise issue of necessity of official recognition of Nagornyy Karabakh by the USA

On Capitol Hill representatives of Hay Dut raise issue of necessity of official recognition of Nagornyy Karabakh by the USA

On Capitol Hill representatives of the American office of Hay Dut met with members of the American Congress and raised several issues, which the Armenian community of the USA worries about.
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Leaderships of the Union Armenians of Russia and the Azerbaijani community in Russia to meet
Leaderships of the Union Armenians of Russia and the Azerbaijani community in Russia to meet

Leaderships of the Union Armenians of Russia and the Azerbaijani community in Russia to meet

Leaderships of the Union Armenians of Russia and the Azerbaijani community in Russia will meet on October 23 in Russia, President of the World Armenian Congress (WAC), President of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamyan said at the Second Conference of the WAC in October 15.
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Eric Rubin: "Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be solved in a peaceful way; diplomatic talks must be continued"
Eric Rubin: "Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be solved in a peaceful way; diplomatic talks must be continued"

Eric Rubin: "Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be solved in a peaceful way; diplomatic talks must be continued"

"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be solved in a peaceful way, and the diplomatic talks must be continued", said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rubin on the sidelines of his visit to Baku, APA reports.
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Ex-foreign minister of Armenia: The negotiating process on Karabakh conflict settlement ended in deadlock
Ex-foreign minister of Armenia: The negotiating process on Karabakh conflict settlement ended in deadlock

Ex-foreign minister of Armenia: The negotiating process on Karabakh conflict settlement ended in deadlock

The sharp decrease of the investments volume is one of the dismal factors which have been negatively affecting macro-economic indices of Armenia, ex-foreign minister of Armenia, a deputy from Prosperous Armenia Party, Vartan Oskanian, wrote at his page in Facebook.