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Armenia: Nationalists Disrupt Cultural Diversity March
globalvoicesonline.org 1 day, 22 hours agoAs was the case in 2009 during a rally to mark International Women's Day , nationalists in Armenia infiltrated and disrupted a march in Yerevan on 21 May to commemorate World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development . The counter-action was also followed by reports of new attacks on D.I.Y., a gay friendly bar in Armenia's capital that was firebombed on 8 May . With some officials and politicians justifying the attack , liberal bloggers are concerned. Unzipped: Gay Armenia likens the 21 May di
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Armenia: Homophobic Firebombing Controversy Continues As Officials, MPs Promote Hate Crime
globalvoicesonline.org 6 days, 4 hours agoControversy continues to surround the 8 May firebombing of D.I.Y. , a gay friendly bar in Yerevan. At the beginning of the week, two MPs of the nationalist-leaning Armenian Revolutionary Federation , Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) not only surprised many by bailing the two suspected arsonists out of jail, but also by justifying the attack in what some consider to be little more than incitement to further violence against members of Armenia's LGBT community. The move has been criticized widely, and not least among o
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