27/01/2020 | 15:32:16 Thank you. Thank you. As always, the Azerbaijani delegation falsifies all the facts. Dear colleagues, 30 years ago the massacre and pogrom of the Armenian population in the capital of Azerbaijan in Baku lasted seven days. The Baku massacre was well planned and organized by the Azerbaijani authorities with a single objective: to assassinate and exterminate the Armenians. The Armenians in Baku were killed just because of their Armenian origin, because armenophobia is a state policy in... 02/10/2019 | 11:05:58 Thank you, colleagues The Human Rights Defender of Armenia, as a national Human Rights institution and independent constitutional body, is responsible for promoting the effective respect and full enjoyment of Human Rights in Armenia . As a result of recent major legislative reforms, the advocacy mandate has been significantly strengthened and expanded. It allows individuals not only to complain of maladministration and violation of their Human Rights and fundamental freedoms, but also to... 30/09/2019 | 16:13:30 Thank you, dear colleagues. Today, I wish to speak to you about the municipal elections held in the Republic of Artsakh on 8 September. Why? Quite simply because these elections in Artsakh were exceptional due to their legitimate and democratic nature. On 8 September, in all 228 municipalities of the Republic of Artsakh, municipal elections were held. What makes these elections all the more resounding is that the elections of municipal councilors and mayors took place at the same time in all... 25/06/2019 | 16:51:14 Thank you, Madam, dear colleagues, I congratulate Ms GURMAI on her report, which addresses a crucial issue by addressing the phenomenon of violence against women in its physical but also psychological form, which is a crime and must be condemned legally and, above all, morally. To this end, international and domestic legal instruments must be constantly strengthened by our coordinated action at the political, legislative and institutional levels. The Council of Europe has made a valuable... 25/06/2019 | 11:03:29 Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Today I want to talk about a rather important and urgent issue, such as the right of the population of unrecognized States to education and health as inalienable rights. At the moment, it is a serious problem that citizens of non-recognised states are deprived of their rights to be included in European education programmes and to participate in this process. Based on the Convention against Discrimination in Education adopted by UNESCO on 15 December 1960, I... 10/04/2019 | 15:38:32 In this Chamber we have on a number of occasions discussed the issue of the role of politicians in the fight against racism and intolerance and have adopted a number of resolutions, but have all these discussions, resolutions and appeals made to politicians and Member States of the Council of Europe contributed to a reduction in racism and intolerance in Europe? After all these resolutions, do not politicians, both men and women, in Member States continue to use hate speech and xenophobia as... 08/04/2019 | 12:38:35 On 27 February, the court of Azerbaijan, which is a member of the Council of Europe and a State that is “extremely democratic”, condemned the Armenian citizen Karen Ghazaryan to 20 years in prison. Mr Ghazaryan lives in the village of Berdavan, which is on the border with Azerbaijan. Last June, by chance, he found himself in Azerbaijan, probably because he had strayed across the border. The young man was immediately accused by Azerbaijan of being a member of a sabotage group and was charged... 24/01/2019 | 16:15:03 I wish to express my discontent with the witch hunt being waged against politicians and parliamentarians in Turkey, including Mr Demirtaş, Ms Güven and Mr Kürkçü. In Turkey, the prosecutors in Diyarbakır have submitted a request to the Turkish Parliament to lift the parliamentary immunity of eight parliamentarians, including the deputy of Armenian origin, Garo Paylan. The president’s office of Turkey has also sent a request to lift his parliamentary immunity. Once again, Turkey has abused the... 23/01/2019 | 10:32:06 Speaking as a journalist, an MP, and an ordinary citizen, I consider that the issue we are debating this morning requires an urgent solution. It is quite clear that a free media is a precondition for the holding of democratic elections. However, in the world today, the industry of fake news is openly challenging professional media. This phenomenon is spreading even more quickly than the Ebola virus. The factories of falsehood are particularly active during elections, manipulating public... 21/01/2019 | 17:13:15 The early elections of last December brought to an end the first stage of the Velvet Revolution. A new parliament has been formed. International election observers confirmed the legitimacy of these elections. I stress once again that the revolution that took place in Armenia was not related to any outside geopolitical context. It was a revolution against despair and disorder. It was a revolution against corruption and impunity. Today we have a new Armenia with new political realities, a new...