The Court judgment against homophobia

UN and human rights defenders declared May 17 as International Day of fighting against homophobia. On the eve of the day a remarkable judicial decision was made which is directly linked to manifestation of homophobia – incitement of hate and discrimination. Kentron and Nork Marash General Jurisdiction Court partially upheld the appeal of 3 workers of “New Generation” humanitarian NGO – Arman Sahakyan, Grigor Gevorgyan and Hovhannes Mkrtchyan –  against “Iravunq” newspaper, which published an article “They serve interests of international homosexual lobbying: Black list of enemies of the nation and the state” a year ago. They demand a public apology for offending their honor and dignity and compensate 3 million AMD to each of them.

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