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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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Armenian President urges world community not to be too much "politically correct" with respect to Azerbaijan
Armenian President urges world community not to be too much "politically correct" with respect to Azerbaijan

Armenian President urges world community not to be too much "politically correct" with respect to Azerbaijan

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has urged the world community not to be too much "politically correct" with respect to Azerbaijan as this encourages the Azeri authorities to act impudently and to take steps like the pardon of murderer Ramil Safarov.
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NATO Secretary General: Pardoning Safarov is a crime
NATO Secretary General: Pardoning Safarov is a crime

NATO Secretary General: Pardoning Safarov is a crime

Extradition of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov and Azerbaijani president's decision to pardon the murderer hinder confidence building between Armenia and Azerbaijan, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a joint press conference with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Thursday in Yerevan.
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Lithuanian FM: "We are interested in stability in South Caucasus"
Lithuanian FM: "We are interested in stability in South Caucasus"

Lithuanian FM: "We are interested in stability in South Caucasus"

Lithuania is interested in stability of the South Caucasus, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronis Azubalis said at the Ministerial Meeting of Nordic Baltic Eight, NBB in Vilnius, when commenting on extradition of Azerbaijani murderer Ramil Safarov and Yerevan's protests against that.
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Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in connection with Safarov's extradition
Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in connection with Safarov's extradition

Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in connection with Safarov's extradition

In connection with the extradition and presidential pardon for Ramil Safarov, Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Vassily Atajanyan addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore.
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Armenian community of Estonia demand apologies from Hungary
Armenian community of Estonia demand apologies from Hungary

Armenian community of Estonia demand apologies from Hungary

Armenian public organizations of Estonia have appealed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Estonia Mr. Erik Haupt with an open letter demanding apologies by the Hungarian Government to the family of the murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan and the Armenian people.
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Budapest regrets the decision to trust Baku
Budapest regrets the decision to trust Baku

Budapest regrets the decision to trust Baku

Justice Ministry of Hungary was surprised at pardon granted to Azerbaijani murderer Ramil Safarov after he was extradited from Hungary, says the statement by the Justice Ministry of Hungary.
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OPINION: Safarov case: The wider implications.

OPINION: Safarov case: The wider implications.

The fact that Safarov.s crime was committed on European territory in the context of an event to which both victim and culprit were guests of NATO means this case cannot be seen in the context of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations alone.
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European Parliament President disturbed by politically motivated pardoning of Ramil Safarov in Azerbaijan
European Parliament President disturbed by politically motivated pardoning of Ramil Safarov in Azerbaijan

European Parliament President disturbed by politically motivated pardoning of Ramil Safarov in Azerbaijan

"The Strasbourg Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced People should not be abused for political purpose," European Parliament President Martin Schulz made the following statement after Ramil Safarov was pardoned by Azerbaijan's President.