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‘I lived in hell’: life in a psychiatric hospital in Armenia

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Gyumri Mental Health Centre (Armine Avetisyan / OC Media)

A recent report by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia suggested that instead of receiving the help they need, patients with psy­chi­atric illnesses were often met with poor con­di­tions and human rights vio­la­tions in Armenia’s psy­chi­atric insti­tu­tions. [Read more…]

Armenia abstains from voting against Georgian IDP resolution at UN for first time

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(OC Media)

Armenia has abstained from voting on a UN res­o­lu­tion calling for the return of IDPs to Abkhazia and South Ossetia for the first time since 2008, when the res­o­lu­tion was first intro­duced. Armenia had pre­vi­ous­ly always voted against the res­o­lu­tion in the annual votes at the UN General Assembly. [Read more…]

Libraries full of hate: from Azerbaijan to Georgia

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Marneuli Public Library (Rahim Shaliyev /OC Media)

Azer­bai­jan has been supplying Georgian libraries with books con­tain­ing hate speech against Armenians. While the libraries don’t see them as a problem, some Azer­bai­jani Georgians fear they might help plant the seeds of ethnic tension.

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Pashinyan instigates protests outside Armenian courts calling for transitional justice

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Pro­test­ers blocking the entrance of a court in Yerevan on 20 May. (Knar Khudoyan / OC Media)

Pro­test­ers gathered outside courts across Armenia on Monday after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for sup­port­ers to block the entrances, describ­ing the courts as ‘puppets’ of the former gov­ern­ment. [Read more…]

Opinion | Queer rights are being weaponised by Armenia’s counter-revolutionaries

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Anna Zhamakochyan is a soci­ol­o­gist and social critic, and co-founder of the Socio­scope NGO, based in Yerevan, Armenia.

In a last-ditch attempt to regain support, Armenia’s corrupt former ruling class have joined with an odious crew of far-right and homo­pho­bic forces, attempt­ing to turn society against the rev­o­lu­tion. Despite the threat, Pashinyan still has a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to build a new Armenia based on sol­i­dar­i­ty and equality. [Read more…]

Voice | ‘Our families are as holy as yours’ — stories of acceptance

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‘I’m proud that I have come so far being who I am and didn’t give in’, Drago says. (Tamuna Chkareuli / OC Media)

Despite wide­spread homo­pho­bic attitudes through­out the Caucasus, there are some queer people who find accep­tance for who they are — from their co-workers, their friends, and their families. Below are the stories of three queer people, from Armenia, Azer­bai­jan, and Georgia. [Read more…]

Interview | Gevorg Gorgisyan: ‘We will prevent the authorities from turning away from the values of the revolution’

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Gevorg Gorgisyan (Armlur.am)

Reflect­ing on the time since snap par­lia­men­tary elections last December in which the Bright Armenia Party took 18 seats, the secretary of the party’s par­lia­men­tary faction, Gevorg Gorgisyan, says their mission has been and remains to keep the ruling party in check and to make them deliver on the promises of the Velvet Rev­o­lu­tion. [Read more…]

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