https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe World Report 2016: Armenia en-us 2016-11-17 18:39:07 UTC 2017-05-17 02:20:14 UTC hello@padlet.com namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138525707 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UykQFMETB0DeLcI6KwIK2EVkVJWg31G2wqaOs4IFsso/edit]]> 2016-11-17 18:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138525707 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138525854 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qJt5z-j7SLdjdogzdLHt4awKKUh3bvh-5YlDfJBPcg0/edit]]> 2016-11-17 18:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138525854 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138526560 Other concerns include media freedom, poor prison conditions, including overcrowding and ill-treatment, and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.]]> 2016-11-17 19:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138526560 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138529824 Activists reported that LGBT people continue to face discrimination, harassment, and physical violence.]]> 2016-11-17 19:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138529824 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138530116 The government has not addressed hate speech or discrimination against LGBT people. ]]> 2016-11-17 19:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138530116 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138530217 Gender identity and sexual orientation are not included in anti-discrmination or hate speech laws, limiting legal recourse for many crimes against LGBT people.]]> 2016-11-17 19:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138530217 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138530437 On October 17-18, the LGBT rights group PINK Armenia held the first Armenian forum to discuss problems faced by LGBT people.]]> 2016-11-17 19:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138530437 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138531110 An article about the event and a photograph of participants posted on PINK Armenia’s website and re-posted by various media outlets, received a slew of homophobic comments and threats in social media, including calls to burn and kill the forum participants.]]> 2016-11-17 19:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138531110 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138531238 PINK Armenia filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the threats and had not received a response at time of writing.]]> 2016-11-17 19:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138531238 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138531779 PINK Armenia reported that five men attacked two transgender sex workers in a Yerevan park in August, causing serious injuries, including brain trauma.]]> 2016-11-17 19:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138531779 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138532286 The victims attempted to seek assistance from security officers, who refused to help them. The case was under investigation at time of writing.]]> 2016-11-17 19:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138532286 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138532825 In April, an appeals court rejected the appeal by 16 plaintiffs whose lawsuits against the Iravunq newspaper were dismissed by a court in October 2014.]]> 2016-11-17 19:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138532825 namendiola18 https://padlet.com/namendiola18/tfqekud8p3oe/wish/138533394 Iravunq had published several online articles calling for LGBT people and activists to be excluded from public life and for their families to shun them. One article included a “blacklist” of 60 such people, with links to their social media sites. The newspaper refused to publish a retraction.

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