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POLICE DISPERSES ACTION OF PROTEST IN FRONT OF VTB BANK
ArmInfo
2010-07-28 15:56:00
ArmInfo. Green movement activists picketed VTB Bank on Wednesday
for the bank's plans to allocate US$280 million to ACP Company for
development of Tekhut deposit. Ecologists have been protesting the
given project for already several years, for it implies felling of
357ha of forest. In addition, Tekhut is inhabitancy of animals and
plants included in the Red Book.
Despite the protest actions organized before and the letters
addressed to the VTB leadership, the bank has neglected the demands of
ecologists. The July 28 protest action once again proved the bank's
negligence to picketers who waited more than an hour in front of
the bank to speak to a representative of the bank. The activists had
nothing to do but block the entrance to the VTB Bank to draw attention
at their demands. In fact, Police Guard Service cars immediately
arrived at the spot.
The bank clients have to exert genuine efforts and even acrobatic
tricks to enter the bank through the crowd of picketers. The police
officers dispersed the picketers by force. One of the picketers,
Chairman of the Armenian Social-Ecological Party Armen Dovlatyan, was
injured in leg. Picketers had nothing to do but phone to Ombudsman's
Office and complain of infringement of their rights. The protest action
ended with the outcries "Shame On VTB!" and "VTB - low-life coward!"
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-07-28 15:56:00
ArmInfo. Green movement activists picketed VTB Bank on Wednesday
for the bank's plans to allocate US$280 million to ACP Company for
development of Tekhut deposit. Ecologists have been protesting the
given project for already several years, for it implies felling of
357ha of forest. In addition, Tekhut is inhabitancy of animals and
plants included in the Red Book.
Despite the protest actions organized before and the letters
addressed to the VTB leadership, the bank has neglected the demands of
ecologists. The July 28 protest action once again proved the bank's
negligence to picketers who waited more than an hour in front of
the bank to speak to a representative of the bank. The activists had
nothing to do but block the entrance to the VTB Bank to draw attention
at their demands. In fact, Police Guard Service cars immediately
arrived at the spot.
The bank clients have to exert genuine efforts and even acrobatic
tricks to enter the bank through the crowd of picketers. The police
officers dispersed the picketers by force. One of the picketers,
Chairman of the Armenian Social-Ecological Party Armen Dovlatyan, was
injured in leg. Picketers had nothing to do but phone to Ombudsman's
Office and complain of infringement of their rights. The protest action
ended with the outcries "Shame On VTB!" and "VTB - low-life coward!"
From: A. Papazian