Anahit Chilingaryan

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Anahit Chilingaryan is a Europe and Central Asia research assistant at Human Rights Watch.

Armenia

Opinion | High stakes for Armenian democracy in rights defender’s trial

by Anahit Chilingaryan

•4 min read

The case against Sashik Sultanyan is based on bogus charges of ‘inciting ethnic hatred’. If the Yazidi human rights defender is convicted, it could have a chilling effect on the work of all rights defenders in Armenia. Public engagement is a key tool human rights defenders everywhere use to try to influence governments to be more rights-friendly. Sometimes it is the only tool we have. This also means publicly criticising the authorities, and in a democracy, the officials are required to toler

Illustration: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

Armenia

Opinion | Now, more than ever, Armenia must secure the rights of people with disabilities

by Anahit Chilingaryan

•4 min read

With scores left with disabilities following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Armenian authorities must push ahead with plans to create an inclusive society. The war had a devastating human toll on Armenia — thousands of military personnel and dozens of civilians were killed. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced. Beyond the death toll, many more were injured, with some acquiring permanent physical disabilities, adding to the almost 200,000 people with disabilities in the coun

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