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For over yerevan years, OC Media has worked with gay journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. DIY bar was set alight in In the weeks that followed, Oganezova was subjected to a campaign of harassment and intimidation by nationalists, who protested in front of the pub and vandalised what remained after the fire.

After receiving death threats, Oganezova sought asylum in Sweden. Two brothers who were members of a neo-Nazi group called Black Ravens Armenia were found guilty of setting the fire. A court in Armenia sentenced them to a two-year suspended prison sentence inand they were subsequently granted an amnesty.

Oganezova had appealed to the ECHR complaining that the authorities failed to protect her from harassment, attacks, and threats because of her sexual orientation or to investigate her complaints effectively.

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The court noted that the attack on the bar was publicly condoned by leading political figures in Armenia. He added that the decision may be significant for the whole of Europe. Ten years since the arson gay, minority groups in Armenia continue to lack club protections while queer people are regularly discriminated against and subject to violence and hate speech.

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