Human Rights House Yerevan, Human Rights Defenders in the Revolution: Special Report
The landmark events of April-May 2018 coined “Velvet Revolution,” as well as the processes before and after it, have inspired the Human Rights House Yerevan association of human rights NGOs to prepare this special report. “Human Rights Defenders in the Revolution” report reflects on the internal political events between March 31 and August 17 of 2018 in light of the activities carried out by human rights defenders, activists and journalists; restriction and/or obstruction of their activities, as well as targeting of certain groups. The report specifically elaborates on the activities of student activists, woman human rights defenders and activists, journalists covering events related to the activists, lawyers defending them, defenders of people living with HIV, LGBT rights defenders, environmentalists, peace activists and NGOs. In addition to describing how their activities were obstructed, restricted and how they were targeted, the report presents their role in the events of the reporting period, their motivation for participating in these events, challenges and issues they faced after the revolution, as well as specific positive trends in a number of areas.
