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VIDEO: 'TALK LESS, WILL YOU?' SYUNIK GOVERNOR BELITTLES ENVIRONMENTALIST
epress.am
12.21.2011
During a recent visit to the remote Armenian village of Qajaran
(also spelled Kajaran), environmental activists met with Suren (Surik)
Khachatryan, governor of the marz (province) of Syunik, where Qajaran
is located. The governor threatened local activist Mariam Sukhudyan,
saying "relax... remain a little rational, see that nothing happens
to you" and then belittling her, said, "Ay, [little] dragonfly,
talk less, will you?"
Recall, the environmentalists along with the residents of the village
are asking that the government decision to hand over 181 hectares
of land belonging to Kajaran and several other villages in the
southeastern Syunik province to the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine
(Plant) be annulled and the lands returned to the villages. The plant
plans to extend its open-pit mining operations in the region.
The video (in Armenian only) was uploaded on YouTube by the activists.
epress.am
12.21.2011
During a recent visit to the remote Armenian village of Qajaran
(also spelled Kajaran), environmental activists met with Suren (Surik)
Khachatryan, governor of the marz (province) of Syunik, where Qajaran
is located. The governor threatened local activist Mariam Sukhudyan,
saying "relax... remain a little rational, see that nothing happens
to you" and then belittling her, said, "Ay, [little] dragonfly,
talk less, will you?"
Recall, the environmentalists along with the residents of the village
are asking that the government decision to hand over 181 hectares
of land belonging to Kajaran and several other villages in the
southeastern Syunik province to the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine
(Plant) be annulled and the lands returned to the villages. The plant
plans to extend its open-pit mining operations in the region.
The video (in Armenian only) was uploaded on YouTube by the activists.