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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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Armenian Armed Forces General Staff rep.: Armenian army able to hit military and economic, including oil and gas facilities of probable enemy
Armenian Armed Forces General Staff rep.: Armenian army able to hit military and economic, including oil and gas facilities of probable enemy

Armenian Armed Forces General Staff rep.: Armenian army able to hit military and economic, including oil and gas facilities of probable enemy

The Armenian army is able to hit military and economic, including oil and gas facilities of probable enemy, Head of the Operative Unit, the Armenian Armed Forces General Staff, Major General Artak Davtyan told media, Monday, when presenting the results of the strategic command and staff exercises of the Armenian Armed Forces on October 1-13.
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Ex-foreign minister of Karabakh: Turkey may initiate military actions in Karabakh conflict zone, trying to trouble Russia
Ex-foreign minister of Karabakh: Turkey may initiate military actions in Karabakh conflict zone, trying to trouble Russia

Ex-foreign minister of Karabakh: Turkey may initiate military actions in Karabakh conflict zone, trying to trouble Russia

Armenia should not sit on the sidelines and vaunt over the worsening of Russian-Turkish relations or mistakably suppose that the aggravation of these relations will be in Yerevan's favor, ex-foreign minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Arman Melikyan said at a press conference.
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Military expert: Combat characteristics of S-300 complexes in case of their dislocation in Syunik province allow covering Karabakh's air space
Military expert: Combat characteristics of S-300 complexes in case of their dislocation in Syunik province allow covering Karabakh's air space

Military expert: Combat characteristics of S-300 complexes in case of their dislocation in Syunik province allow covering Karabakh's air space

The combat characteristics of S-300 complexes in case of their dislocation in Syunik region allow covering the air space of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, military expert Arkady Grigoryan told ArmInfo when commenting on the publication of the US-based open-source military analysis IMINT & Analysis.
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Vardan Oskanyan officially accused of money laundering
Vardan Oskanyan officially accused of money laundering

Vardan Oskanyan officially accused of money laundering

Ex-foreign minister of Armenia, parliamentarian from Prosperous Armenia Party Vardan Oskanyan is accused of money laundering and misappropriation basing on Articles 179 and 190 of the Criminal Code of Armenia.
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Vartan Oskanian is not going to bear witness to National Security Service about money laundering case
Vartan Oskanian is not going to bear witness to National Security Service about money laundering case

Vartan Oskanian is not going to bear witness to National Security Service about money laundering case

Ex-foreign minister of Armenia, a deputy from the Prosperous Armenia Party, Vartan Oskanian, said at his Facebook page that he is not going to bear witness to National Security Service about the case on money laundering by the Civilitas Foundation set up by him.