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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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Prime Minister of Turkey: Ankara stands for the opening of archives for investigation of the 1915 events
Prime Minister of Turkey: Ankara stands for the opening of archives for investigation of the 1915 events

Prime Minister of Turkey: Ankara stands for the opening of archives for investigation of the 1915 events

"Ankara stands for the opening of archives for investigation of the 1915 events," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said speaking at an international conference titled 'Arab Spring and Peace in the New Middle East: Muslim and Christian Perspectives' in Istanbul, TRT Haber TV channel reports.
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Protest actions against extradition and pardoning of an Azerbaijani killer to be held in front of Hungary's representation and EU building in Brussels on 8 September
Protest actions against extradition and pardoning of an Azerbaijani killer to be held in front of Hungary's representation and EU building in Brussels on 8 September

Protest actions against extradition and pardoning of an Azerbaijani killer to be held in front of Hungary's representation and EU building in Brussels on 8 September

The protest actions against extradition and pardoning of the Azerbaijani killer, Ramil Safarov, will be held in front of Hungary's representation and EU building in Brussels on 8 September.
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New protest actions in Spain and Canada against extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov
New protest actions in Spain and Canada against extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov

New protest actions in Spain and Canada against extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov

An action of protest was held in front of the Hungarian Consulate building in Madrid against extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani officer who viciously murdered sleeping Armenian officer in 2004.
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Human rights defender: Baku's statement that it was acting within the frames of international norms directly insults international law
Human rights defender: Baku's statement that it was acting within the frames of international norms directly insults international law

Human rights defender: Baku's statement that it was acting within the frames of international norms directly insults international law

The official Baku's statement, that it was acting within the frames of the Azerbaijani legislation and international norms in the matter of Ramil Safarov's pardoning, directly insults international law, Armenian first human rights defender, Larisa Alaverdyan, told Arminfo correspondent.
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Washington is in touch with authorities Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding extradition and pardoning Azerbaijani killer Safarov
Washington is in touch with authorities Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding extradition and pardoning Azerbaijani killer Safarov

Washington is in touch with authorities Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding extradition and pardoning Azerbaijani killer Safarov

The U.S. Department of State has maintained contacts with the authorities of Azerbaijan in connection with pardoning and promoting the Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov from Hungary, Patrick Ventrell, Acting Deputy Spokesperson, said at Daily Press Briefing in Washington.
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UN Secretary General: "Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue"
UN Secretary General: "Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue"

UN Secretary General: "Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue"

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hopes that tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, his spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Thursday.
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Amnesty International: Azerbaijani government should rescind any privileges awarded to Safarov and publicly condemn ethnic violence
Amnesty International: Azerbaijani government should rescind any privileges awarded to Safarov and publicly condemn ethnic violence

Amnesty International: Azerbaijani government should rescind any privileges awarded to Safarov and publicly condemn ethnic violence

"Amnesty International is concerned that the actions of the Azerbaijani government following the extradition of Armed Forces Lieutenant Ramil Safarov will be perceived as an endorsement of ethnically- motivated violence," reads the statement by the Amnesty International.
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NATO Secretary General: "There is no military solution to Karabakh conflict"
NATO Secretary General: "There is no military solution to Karabakh conflict"

NATO Secretary General: "There is no military solution to Karabakh conflict"

"The region still faces great security challenges:And the most pressing regional challenge remains finding a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in his speech at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Firday, NATO official website reports.