On
June 13, the Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan received the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia Olivier Decottignies.
Welcoming
the guest, Anahit Manasyan presented the scope of powers of the Human Rights
Defender as a constitutional body, priorities and the directions of activity.
Reference
was made to the protests and assemblies that took place in Yerevan. In this context,
the Defender stated that on June 12, she and the staff visited Police
departments and medical institutions, met the participants of the assemblies
and Police officers receiving medical aid, and recorded the problems.
Within
the framework of the meeting, Anahit Manasyan also presented the current
challenges in the field of guaranteeing equality and anti-discrimination in our
country. In this context, the Defender emphasized the impermissible volume of
hate speech, discrimination, and intolerance in the Republic of Armenia today
and the importance of the work carried out within the framework of the fight
against it.
The
Defender noted that these phenomena are widespread in Armenia, which is
unacceptable. The use of discriminatory speech and hate speech on all grounds
in the academic community, by political and public figures, as well as in the
media field is particularly concerning. Anahit Manasyan especially emphasized
that any manifestation of hate speech should be excluded from public speech.
The
Ambassador expressed his gratitude to the Defender for the reception and
effective discussion.
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