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#DISCRIMINATION

Politics

Blockade of Artsakh by Azerbaijan has caused about $346 million worth of damage- report

Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan has released the updated version of an earlier report (first issued on May 11) on the violations of individual and collective human rights as a result of the six-month blockade of Artsakh by Azerbaijan.

12.06.2023, 19:31

Politics

Armenian FM and Grand Imam of al-Azhar stressed inadmissibility of discrimination on ethnic and religious grounds

On March 8, in Cairo the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed El-Tayeb, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported

09.03.2023, 15:38

Tourism

Armenia fines booking.com for discriminatory pricing policy

The head of Armenia's State Commission for Protection of Economic Commission Gegham Grigoryan said booking.com, one of the largest online travel agencies, was fined by Armenia for forbidding hotels, inns and guest houses to set a price lower than that set on its platform. Otherwise, these businesses have problems with the service, he said on Wednesday.

09.02.2023, 10:21

Politics

UN court to hear Armenia's lawsuit against Azerbaijan

The Hague-based International Court of Justice /ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, said last week it will hold public hearings in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination filed by Armenia v. Azerbaijan. The hearings are scheduled for Monday 30 January 2023.

16.01.2023, 09:32

Politics

Union of Journalists of Armenia calls on PM's office to cancel discrimination and invite all media outlets to Pashinyan's press conference

The Union of Journalists of Armenia slammed in a statement the office of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for ignoring a string of opposition mass media outlets, which were not invited to a press conference Pashinyan will give on January 10.

10.01.2023, 09:46

Politics

World Court orders Azerbaijan to prevent incitement of racial hatred against Armenians

Judges at the International Court of Justice examining Armenian allegations that Azerbaijan breached a convention against racial discrimination on Tuesday ordered Azerbaijan to prevent incitement of racial hatred against Armenians and protect Armenian prisoners of war.

08.12.2021, 09:59

Politics

Armenia calls on Azerbaijan to comply with its international obligations under International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

In a letter dated 11 November, 2020, the Republic of Armenia addressed the Republic of Azerbaijan noting that the actions and policies adopted during the last decades are in gross violation of the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

14.11.2020, 14:54

Politics

Russia slams Azerbaijan for discrimination against its citizens of Armenian origin

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova slammed today Azerbaijani authorities for discrimination against Russian citizens of Armenian origin in Azerbaijan.

11.01.2019, 15:36

Society

Experts: discrimination law unnecessary in Armenia

Karine Hakobyan, a member of Areg think tank and a former deputy labor minister, is convinced that Armenia needs no discrimination law today.

26.03.2013, 21:00