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Report Data - Armenia - 2015

Official Data

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced About these data
2019 Not available Not available Not available
2018 0 0 0
2017 14 1 Not available
2016 0 3 0
2015 Not available Not available Not available
NGO reports 
Organization Report 

Pink ArmeniaHuman Rights Watch (HRW) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a physical assault carried out by a group that caused serious injuries to two transgender people; and a series of threats against LGBT activistsPink Armenia and the UNHCR also reported a physical assault on a gay man in a military hospital; and threats against an LGBT activist. Pink Armenia reported an additional physical assault by a group on a transgender person, during which the victim’s phone was stolen; two physical assaults on gay men; and two incidents of threats against LGBT people and activists.

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IGO Reports 
Organization Report 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) supported a training event addressing hate crimes against LGBT people for the employees of the Asylum and Legal Units of the State Migration Service of Armenia.

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Organization Report 

In its fourth report on Armenia, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that alleged racist, homophobic and transphobic motivations be considered in the investigation of violent incidents from their very beginning.

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ODIHR Recommendations 

ODIHR observes that Armenia has not reported reliable statistics on hate crimes to ODIHR.

Overview of incidents reported by civil society groups and organizations 
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