The Assembly expressed its concern over the situation of LGBTI people in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, noting that “many infringements of these people’s human rights have been alleged or confirmed”. Those countries should adopt effective legislation and “policies to strengthen action against discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual characteristics”.

While welcoming the progress made by Georgia in combating discrimination, as well as the opportunities that arise with the current democratic transition process in Armenia, the parliamentarians called on Yerevan, Baku and Tbilisi “to guarantee the right to hold public events to support the rights of LGBTI people” such as Gay Pride marches, ensure that they can take place safely and “protect the participants from any violence”.

Avropa Şurası Parlament Assambleyası Ermənistan, Azərbaycan və Gürcüstanda LGTBİ-nin (lesbiyanlar, geylər, biseksuallar, transseksuallar və interseksuallar) vəziyyəti ilə bağlı narahatlığını bildirib.

Assambleyanın yanvarın 25-də qəbul edilmiş qətnaməsində (Southern Caucasus: measures to combat alleged violations of the rights of LGBTI people) bu insanların hüquqlarının pozulması haqqında çoxsaylı məlumatlar olduğu qeyd edilir.

Cənubi Qafqaz ölkələri “cinsi orientasiya, gender kimliyi, gender özünüifadəsi və cinsi əlamətlərinə görə ayrı-seçkiliyin aradan qaldırılmasına yönəlmiş səmərəli qanunvericilik qəbul etməli və siyasət həyata keçirməlidir”. 

Human Rights Watch organization condemned the arrest of Citizen and Development Party leader Ali Aliyev. Rachel Denber, Deputy Director of Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch said:

“It is completely outrageous that Ali Aliyev had gotten a custodial sentence and is actually behind bars on defamation charges. Criminal defamation is wrong, It goes against human rights principles and international treaties that Azerbaijan is a party to. People should not go to prison on defamation charges. It is a very straightforward principle of international human rights law and a very straightforward aspect of Azerbaijan’s human rights committments. Moreover if you look at how quickly the proceedings went and circumstances under which they went, it seems pretty clear that the outcome was pre-determined.”

Human Rights Watch beynəlxalq hüquq müdafiə təşkilatının Avropa və Mərkəzi Asiya üzrə direktor müavini Reyçel Denber “Vətəndaş və İnkişaf” Partiyasının sədri Əli Əliyevin həbsini “sərt qərar” adlandırıb.

“Əli Əliyevin böhtan ittihamı ilə azadlıqdan məhrum edilməsi hökmü həddindən artıq amansız və biabırçı qərardır”, deyə Denber Osmanqızı TV kanalına müsahibəsində bildirib.

The Campaign to Uphold Rights in Europe (CURE) was launched at the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on January 26.

Founders of the CURE are 14 civil society organizations from different countries. One of them is the Election Monitoring and Democracy Training Center (Azerbaijan).

It should be reminded that in the twentieth century, the Council of Europe managed to make significant progress in building a united Europe based on common values, says the statement of the founders.