| 词条 | Mashtots Park Movement |
| 释义 |
| title = Mashtots Park Movement | image = |partof = the Occupy movement | caption = Time for the Self-Determined Citizen, a Mashtots Park Movement poster | date = {{Start date|2012|02|11}} – {{End date|2012|05|01}} ({{Age in months, weeks and days|year1=2012|month1=2|day1=22|year2=2012|month2=5|day2=3}}) | place= Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia | coordinates = {{Coord|40|10|54.9214|N|44|30|34.78|E}} | causes = Preservation of public green areas, environmental purposes, civic activism, self-determination as citizens, against oligarchy | status = | goals = | result = | methods =
| side1= Environmentalists 6 dismantling brigades of 10 people each[1] | side2= Government of Armenia
| leadfigures1 = Non-centralized leadership Tigran Khzmalyan Andrias Ghukasyan | leadfigures2 = Serzh Sargsyan (President) Taron Margaryan (Yerevan Mayor) Vladimir Gasparyan (Police Chief) | howmany1 = up to few hundred 300 activists (march to the Yerevan city hall, February 20, 2012)[2] | howmany2 = | notes = }}Mashtots Park Movement ({{lang-hy|Մաշտոցի պուրակի շարժում}}), also known as #SaveMashtotsPark and OccupyMashtots began as a sit-in on February 11, 2012 in Mashtots Park, Yerevan.[3] The protest was initiated by "This City Belongs to Us" civic initiative, and grew into a full-scale movement. The main issues were illegal or inadequate constructions, the destruction of trees and green zones in Yerevan, but now the questions of citizens' self-determination, fight against corruption and oligarchy, the prevalence of public interests over private have been raised. While the US occupy movements act against the bureaucratic system resulting in social and economic inequality, Mashtots Park Movement places itself in a different socioeconomic context - oligarchy, "people above the law" who, having economical and political resources, place their interests above those of the people.[4] The beginning of the movementBackgroundMashtots Park Movement's roots are in eco-activist movements of late 2000-s in Armenia, when civic initiatives were formed to protect several endangered aspects of Armenian nature - including Teghut forest,[5] Trchkan waterfall,[6] Kajaran,[7] and others; and the urban initiatives of Yerevan fighting for the preservation of the gardens, monuments, historical buildings and green zones. Compensation for kiosks on Abovyan streetOn January 18, 2011 Yerevan authorities began dismantling trade kiosks placed on downtown Abovyan Street. It was reported that as the kiosk owners had lease contracts and had made no breaches, the municipality had reached an agreement with them on the conditions of the dismantling - specifically, an agreement to compensate the dismantled kiosks by providing new ones on a new location.[8] While Yerevan Chief Architect Narek Sargsyan denied the rumors that the dismantled kiosks were to be moved to Aram Street, the municipality confirmed the news on January 30, 2011. Urban activists had staged a protest against the destruction of the green zone (later named Missak Manouchian Park) on the crossing of Mashtots Avenue and Aram Street in the center of Yerevan right besides Margaryan Maternity Hospital the previous day - January 29. Photographs show that the kiosk carcasses had already been assembled by that point - indicating an earlier date of construction.[9] Activist reactionMashtots Park Movement was initiated by civic activists trying to save the park from being turned into a trade zone with kiosks. The area was quickly dubbed "Mashtots park", a name it is known to the public now. Starting from February 11, 2012, when the activists were denied legal explanation for the construction, dozens of them organized a sit-in to halt the construction and save the park. A group of doctors from the nearby Polyclinic No. 2 and Yerevan State Medical University disapproved of the construction and its effects on the overall city health.[10] Activists started a petition to voice the public opinion and influence the city mayor Taron Margaryan. Some 10,000 people signed the petition.[11] EscalationFirst escalation: February 16–17In the morning of February 16, day 6 of the sit-in the protesters set a polyethylene cover on the kiosk carcass they were occupying to protect themselves from the abundant snow, and were approached by three civilians, presumably - associated with the construction, demanding to take the cover off. {{quote|We told them we did not break any laws. 1–2 minutes later the police approached us and said the same thing - without any justification - that we must take the cover off and stand under the snow. We immediately called different MPs and the Ombudsman's Office. Told them we were doing a peaceful picket and that they are depriving us of essential means of protecting ourselves from the snow|Ruzanna Grigoryan, protester}}Through the mediation of the RA Ombudsman's Office the cover remained intact.[12] Soon a concrete-mixing vehicle tried to enter Mashtots park to deliver concrete to the construction site. About 40 activists blocked the way of the truck to prevent it from reaching its destination, and the truck had to return because the concrete had become useless in the cold. The police threatened to disperse the protest for violating public order, while the Ombudsman Office of Armenia interfered and argued that the peaceful protest did not violate public order.[13] The next day the police made an attempt to disperse the picket by forcefully evicting the protestors from the kiosk they were occupying and surrounded the construction site, blocking protesters' and reporters' entrance.[14] The concrete-mixing vehicle returned later - only to face some 100 protesters, some of which lay in front of the truck to block its movement. The activists were told by Deputy Head of Yerevan Police Robert Melkonyan that a municipality representative would arrive at the park at 4PM to negotiate with them.[15] The activists' hopes put on the Municipality weren't justified either: as agreed, the response concerning the ongoing situation should have been received from the municipality. At 4PM no municipality officials appeared at the park. Instead, the Art Manager of the Yerevan Chamber Theater, Ara Yernjakyan - a member of the Yerevan Council of Elders - arrived to meet the protesters. The situation got tense, yet a normal dialogue was initiated. Yernjakyan argued that all the buildings in the park were temporary, the protesters countered by showing the latter were of concrete and bricks while temporary buildings could not be fixed to the ground and/or be made of those materials. They also pointed how a boutique was erected around a tree with a hole made on the roof for the top of the tree. Heritage Party MP Anahit Bakhshyan, also in the park, stated that the construction was capital and not moveable and carried out by Gardening CJSC (Կենտրոն-Կանաչապատում), an organization which is to deal with lawns and trimming trees and not construction. The replied to the mayor's statement "You can apply to the court if you need", saying "By the time we apply to the court, they will have completed the construction".[16] GallerySee also{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}Occupy articles
Related portals:{{Portal bar|Social movements|Politics|Business and economics|Society|Environment|Armenia}} References1. ^{{cite news|title=The First Bolt of System|url=http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society25824.html|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=Lragir.am |date=April 15, 2012}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Happenings at Mashtots Park|url=http://www.armenia-environment.org/2012/02/26/happenings-at-mashtots-park/|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=Armenian Environmental Network |date=February 26, 2012}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Protest continues at Mashtots Park|url=http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2012/03/02/mashtots|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=A1+ |date=March 2, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Experts: Armenian oligarchy's fate at stake in Mashtots Park|url=http://www.armenianow.com/society/environment/37004/yerevan_mashtots_park_pavilions_dismantling|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=ArmeniaNow |date=April 2, 2012}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Copper Mine Menaces Armenia's Teghut Forest |url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2007/2007-07-11-01.asp|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=Environment News Service|date=July 11, 2007}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Trchkan: Waterfall conservation saga ends in rare victory for Armenian environmentalists|url=http://www.armenianow.com/social/environment/32944/trchkan_waterfall_environment_armenia|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=ArmeniaNow |date=November 4, 2011}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Protests Continue Over Mining Expansion in Kajaran|url=http://asbarez.com/100070/protests-continue-over-mining-expansion-in-kajaran/|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=Asbarez.com |date=December 29, 2011}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=Yerevan authorities begin dismantling kiosks on Abovyan street|url=http://arka.am/en/news/society/yerevan_authorities_begin_dismantling_kiosks_on_abovyan_street_/|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=ARKA News Agency|date=December 19, 2011}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=Dismantled Abovyan St. Stores Offered Space in Mashtots Park|url=http://hetq.am/eng/news/9902/dismantled-abovyan-st-stores-offered-space-in-mashtots-park.html|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=Hetq.am|date=December 30, 2011}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Doctors disapprove of construction at Mashtots Park|url=http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2012/03/12/mashtots|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=A1+ |date=March 12, 2012}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Mashtots Park activists plan a protest in front of the Government building.|url=http://lurer.com/?p=15967&l=en|accessdate=April 24, 2012|work=Lurer.com |date=March 15, 2012}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Մաշտոցի այգին այսօր էլ փրկվեց (վիդեո)|url=http://hetq.am/arm/news/10770/mashtoci-aygin-aysor-el-prkvec-video.html|accessdate=April 25, 2012|work=Hetq.am |date=February 16, 2012}} 13. ^{{cite news|title=Activists resume protests on Mashtots avenue to hinder builders' work|url=http://www.armenianow.com/social/environment/35692/activists_resume_protests_on_mashtots_avenue_to_hinder_builders_work|accessdate=April 25, 2012|work=ArmeniaNow |date=February 16, 2012}} 14. ^{{cite news|title=Protestors Block Construction Truck at Mashtots Park|url=http://hetq.am/eng/news/10792/protestors-block-construction-truck-at-mashtots-park.html|accessdate=April 25, 2012|work=Hetq.am |date=February 17, 2012}} 15. ^{{cite news|title=Protesters lie in front of vehicle to ban its move|url=http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2012/02/17/mashtots-bazaz|accessdate=April 25, 2012|work=A1+ |date=February 17, 2012}} 16. ^{{cite news|title=Mashtots Park upstages Comedy Club: construction is carried out by Gardening CJSC|url=http://arminfo.info/english/eco/article/17-02-2012/12-27-00|accessdate=April 25, 2012|work=ArmeniaNow |date=February 17, 2012}} External links
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