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ARMENIAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS CONCERNED OVER KAJARAN
Tert.am
21.12.11
This April, Armenia's government changed the status of six villages
in the Syunik region.
They received the status of "industrial area," which is to be allotted
to the Zangezur copper and molybdenum combine for enlarging its
tailing dump. The lands of one of the six villages, Kajaran, are to
be alienated for enlargement of the mine.
A group of environmentalists visited Kajaran last weekend and informed
journalists of their visit at a Dec. 21 press conference.
"The village is in a critical social situation - no school or
hospital. People are under pressure, with no rights," said Hasmik
Evoyhan.
"It is genocide, depopulation of the borderland. We are actually
contributing to the Great Turkey program," said Mariam Mukhudyan.
"People have no alternative. They either have to leave the village
or remain and die because of the mine," Yevoyan said.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
21.12.11
This April, Armenia's government changed the status of six villages
in the Syunik region.
They received the status of "industrial area," which is to be allotted
to the Zangezur copper and molybdenum combine for enlarging its
tailing dump. The lands of one of the six villages, Kajaran, are to
be alienated for enlargement of the mine.
A group of environmentalists visited Kajaran last weekend and informed
journalists of their visit at a Dec. 21 press conference.
"The village is in a critical social situation - no school or
hospital. People are under pressure, with no rights," said Hasmik
Evoyhan.
"It is genocide, depopulation of the borderland. We are actually
contributing to the Great Turkey program," said Mariam Mukhudyan.
"People have no alternative. They either have to leave the village
or remain and die because of the mine," Yevoyan said.
From: A. Papazian