20-year old Ruben (the names of our interviewees have been changed to protect their privacy) is a bartender at the only gay bar in Yerevan and also one of only three men employed as strip dancers in the capital's nightclubs. Ruben has not told his family about the nature of his work, only a few of his friends know. And those few friends are also aware of the fact that Ruben is in love with a boy.
An interview with Nelly Harutyunyan, Head of International Legal Relations at the Office of the Prosecutor General
On July 26, the Caucasus Journalists Network (www.caucasusjournalists.net), with the participation of journalists from Armenia and Azerbaijan, organized an interview with Beka Mindiashvili, head expert at the Center for Tolerance, a body adjunct to the office of the Ombudsman.
On July 11, 2007, the Council of Justice of the Republic of Armenia examined the petition of the Minister of Justice Gevorg Danielyan that calls for a disciplinary review of Judges Y. Darbinyan, A. Hovhannisyan and A. Poghosyan of the Criminal Courts of Appeals and Judge Lernik Atanyan of the Syunik Provincial Court of First Instance. The above-mentioned judges had reviewed the case of army conscript Misha Harutunyan who was convicted of the...
“I'm from Yerevan, I was born and raised there, but now I'm a Karabakhtsi,” said Ashot Simonyan from Movsesashen.
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