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“Rights of Defenders” aims to promote and build understanding of international standards that protect and support human rights defenders.
Socioscope, member of Human Rights House Yerevan, has published in-depth research into the role of civil society in Armenia before and after the revolution of 2018.
Outside of Armenia, the research is particularly useful for civil society groups in other countries and for donors who are interested in the development and empowerment of civil society organisations, especially in the context of the global trend of closing space for civil society.
rmenian authorities should condemn hate speech, smear campaigns, and threats against human rights defenders, express support for defenders, and create an enabling environment, writes Human Rights House Foundation in a letter raising threats against defenders in Armenia.
During follow-up discussions of Armenia’s universal periodic review in April 2019, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Naira Zohrabyan gave a discriminatory speech relating to issues of transgender people.
As peaceful protests against the long-time rule of Serzh Sargsyan continue in Armenia, authorities today targeted human rights defenders and journalists, adding to arrests and violence against protesters in recent days.
On day two of the #HRHN2016 Assembly, the Human Rights Houses, joined by external experts, discussed the growing trend toward illiberal democracy, autocracy, and populism, and proposed solutions for how civil society can resist this trend.
HRHF raises hate speech and smear campaigns against women human rights defenders in Armenia, in its statement to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC41) on 26 June 2019.