Gay Armenia

There were credible reports that homosexuals were attacked or killed because of their sexual orientation. According to the editor of a magazine for gays, most gays are reluctant to report crimes against them to the police because they expect at best indifference or at worst harassment. Although the press rarely reports crimes against gays, in one rare exception, an August Kommersant Daily article referred without providing details to the murder of seven gay men in Chelyabinsk in 1998. ... [Read More]

Colombia

Authorities failed to capture FARC Eastern Bloc commander German Briceno, known as "Grannobles;" who was indicted for the 1999 killings of U.S. citizen indigenous rights activists Terence Freitas, Lahe'ena'e Gay, and Ingrid Washinawatok near Saravena, Arauca department. On November 28, police arrested three FARC guerrillas suspected of involvement in the kidnaping. Confessed FARC member Nelson Vargas, who was suspected of participating directly in the killings, was serving a prison sentence for the separate crime of rebellion. The FARC executed guerrilla soldiers who attempted to desert. For example, on June 3, near the town of Yondo, eastern Antioquia department, the FARC killed two female soldiers who planned to desert. Guerrillas killed citizens using bombs, artillery, and antipersonnel landmines, and continued their practice of using gas canisters to attack small towns, killing civilians indiscriminately (see S ... [Read More]

2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey

While the law does not explicitly discriminate against homosexuals, representatives of the gay and lesbian rights organizations Lambda Istanbul and Kaos GL claimed that vague references in the law relating to "the morals of society" and "unnatural sexual behavior" were sometimes used to punish homosexuality. Gay and lesbian rights activists maintained that homosexuals risked losing their jobs if they disclosed their sexual orientation and said the law did not protect their rights in such circumstances. In July, Kaos GL reported that unknown persons smashed two windows at the organization's Ankara center. ... [Read More]

2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Belarus

Instances of discrimination included canceling in May of a concert by openly gay pop star Boris Moiseyev's performance for the 60th anniversary of liberation from Nazi occupation. In another incident, the Music 1 Channel denied a homosexual man permission to post a message on a televised dating chat room. The channel explained that they are not allowed to "propagate non-traditional sexual behavior" in their programming. Such incidents were not isolated. ... [Read More]

Translated Documents

Với thực tế hiện nay có nhiều đồng minh NATO hơn, mỗi nướcđều đang nỗ lực cải tổ quân đội và các thể chế an ninh của mình, đông hơn sốđối tác còn lại là 20, kể cả những trường hợp đặc biệt là Nga và Ucraina, nhữngnước này yếu kém hơn nhiều về mặt thể chế và có lợi ích đa dạng hơn cũng nhưnhu cầu rộng lớn hơn so với những nước đã là thành viên chính thức, nếu PfPkhông được khôi phục một cách nghiêm túc tại Istanbul thì nó sẽ hỏng ngay từ đầu. ... [Read More]