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1 | Armenian Voices Sound Off at ‘Electric Yerevan’ | Mijanona eo amin'ny ‘Yerevan Elektrika’ Ny Fampiakaram-Peo Armeniana |
2 | Protesters demonstrate near the Presidential Palace in Yerevan on 22 June. | Mpanao fihetsiketsehana akaikin'ny Lapan'ny Filoham-Pirenena tao Yerevan tamin'ny 22 Jona. |
3 | Demotix/PHOTOLURE News Agency/7924537. | Demotix/PHOTOLURE News Agency/7924537. |
4 | Armenians are engaging in a defiant act of civil disobedience. | Miditra ao anatin'ny hetsika tsy fankatoavan'ny sivily ny Armeniana. |
5 | Thousands of residents of the national capital Yerevan have taken to the streets to voice their unhappiness with electricity rate hikes. | Mponina an'arivony ao an-drenivohitra Yerevan no nidina an-dalambe hanandratra ny feony manoloana ny fiakaran'ny vidin-jiro. |
6 | The June 19 sit-in followed the announcement by the government of President Serzh Sargsyan two days earlier that a 16 percent increase in electricity tariffs would go into effect on August 1. | Ny sit-in tamin'ny 19 jona dia taorian'ny nanambaran'ny governemantan'ny Filoha Serzh Sargsyan roa andro talohan'izany ny fampiakarana 16 isanjato ny vidin-jiro izay hihatra amin'ny voalohany volana aogositra. |
7 | The announcement was met with predictable dismay, but the Public Services Regulatory Commission - the national energy regulator - claimed that the hike was unavoidable. | Nitsena fahakiviana efa azo novinaina mialoha ny fanambarana, saingy nilaza ny Vaomiera Mpandrindra ny Raharaham-Bahoaka - ny mpandrindra ny angovom-pirenena - fa tsy azo nihodivirana ny fampakarana. |
8 | The Armenian electricity grid is owned by the Russian company Inter RAO UES, which claims tariff increases were necessary because of a drop in the value of the Armenian national currency, the dram. | Ny Tambajotran'herinjiro Armeniana dia fananan'ny orinasa rosiana Inter RAO UES, izay milaza fa tsy maintsy natao ny fampiakarana ny sara noho ny fidinan'ny sandambola Armeniana, ny dram. |
9 | Protesters have demanded that the president cancel the rate increase. | Notakian'ny mpanao fihetsiketsehana ny hanafoanana ny fiakarana. |
10 | An incensed citizenry moved towards the Presidential Palace early Tuesday in what media have dubbed ‘Electric Yerevan'. | Nizotra vao maraimben'ny talata tany amin'ny Prezidansa ny olompirenena vinitra dia vinitra amin'ilay [diabe] omen'ny fampitam-baovao anaranm-bositra hoe ‘Yerevan Elektirika'. |
11 | 5,000 protesters congregated in front of the palace, railing against electricity rate hikes and the administration's failure to combat poverty in Armenia, the poorest country per capita in the South Caucasus. | Mpanao fihetsiketsehana 5000 no nifamory teo anoloan'ny lapa, miherongerona amin'ny fiakaran'ny vidinjiro sy ny tsy fahombiazan'ny fitondrana tamin'ny fiadiana amin'ny fahantrana ao Armenia, ilay firenena mahatra indrindra isan'olona tsirairay ao Kaokazia Atsimo. |
12 | Demonstrators violently dispersed | Naparitaka an-kerisetra ny mpanao fihetsiketsehana |
13 | Police cracked down hard on protesters. | Nanao famoretana henjana ny mpanao fihetsiketsehana ny polisy. |
14 | A total of 237 people were arrested early Tuesday near the Presidential Palace, including prominent journalists Ani Hovhannisian and Hrant Galstian. | Olona mitotaly 237 no nosamborina ny maraimben'ny talata teo akaikin'ny Lapan'ny Prezidansa, ka tafiditra ao anatin'ny voasambotra ny mpanao gazety malaza Ani Hovhannisian sy Hrant Galstian. |
15 | Riot police used batons and water cannons to disperse demonstrators. | Nampiasa kibay sy tafondron-drano ny polisy misahana ny rotaka hanaparitahana ny mpanao fihetsiketsehana. |
16 | The AFP news agency reported that policemen physically assaulted journalists on the scene. | Nitatitra ny sampam-baovao AFP fa nikasi-tanana mpanao gazety tonga teny an-toerana ny polisy. |
17 | Police use water cannons to disperse demonstrations in Yerevan on 23 June. | Polisy nampiasa tafondron-drano hanaparitahana ny mpanao fihetsiketsehana tao Yerevan tamin'ny 23 Jona. |
18 | Demotix/PHOTOLURE News Agency/7926046. | Demotix/PHOTOLURE News Agency/7926046. |
19 | Not to be deterred, a reported 6,000 protesters made a second march on the Presidential Palace on Tuesday evening. | Tsy kivin'izany anefa fa mbola nisy mpanao fihetsiketsehana 6000 indray, araka ny tatitra, no nanado diabe fanindroany nankany amin'ny Lapan'ny Prezidansa tamin'ny takarivan'ny Talata. |
20 | Armenia-born journalist Onnik James Krikorian, now based in neighbouring Georgia, expressed concern for the demonstrators' physical well-being: | Miahiahy amin'ny mety hahazo ny mpanao fihetsiketsehana ilay mpanao gazety teraka tao Armenia Onnik James Krikorian, izay monina eo amin'ny firenena mpifanolobodirindrina ao Zeorzia amin'izao fotoana izao: |
21 | Time for bed. | Fotoana atoriana. |
22 | Hoping I don't wake up to news of another dispersal. | Manantena fa hifoha tsy handre vaovaon'ny fanaparitahana indray. |
23 | Touch wood it doesn't look like that for now… #electricYerevan #Armenia - Onnik J. | Tazony ny hazo fa tsy mitovy amin'izay aloha amin'izao fotoana izao… |
24 | Krikorian (@onewmphoto) June 23, 2015 Seven demonstrators and 11 police officers were reported injured as of Wednesday morning. | Mpanao fihetsiketsehana 7 sy polisy 11 no voatatitra fa naratra tamin'ny alarobia maraina. |
25 | Sounding off | Fampanginana |
26 | Natalya Harutyunan, a project manager at UNDP Armenia, saw the protests as about more than just electricity prices: | Natalya Harutyunan, mpitantana tetikasa ao amin'ny UNDP Armenia, nahita ny fihetsiketsehana ho mihoatra noho ny vidin-jiro fotsiny: |
27 | Importantly, it isn't a power battle, but genuine #citizenry demand for transparent and fair policy decision-making #ElectricYerevan - Natalya Harutyunyan (@nata_har) June 24, 2015 | Zavadehibe aminy dia tsy adim-pahefana izy ity fa tena fitakian'olompirenena tokoa isian'ny mangarahara sy politika madio eo amin'ny fandraisana fanapahan-kevitra |
28 | Monica Ellena, a Tbilisi-based freelance journalist, had this to say: | Manana zavatra tahaka izao tsy maintsy lazaina i Monica Ellena, mpanao gazety freelance monina aoTbilisi: |
29 | #Armenia #ElectricYerevan electricity hike, a tipping point for young Armenians (and not only) http://t.co/pnB1HlBfG5 | Fiakaran'ny vidinjiro, teboka iray nampirona ny tanora Armeniana (fa tsy izany ihany) |
30 | - monica ellena (@monicaellena) June 24, 2015 Global Voices correspondent Karena Avedissian responded to assertions that the demonstrations are an outlet for anti-Russian sentiment: | Solontenan'ny Global Voices Karena Avedissian namaly ny fanizingizinana re teny ho eny hoe fivoahan'ny fihetsehampo fankahalana rosiana ny fihetsiketsehana: |
31 | Again, no this isnt a maidan, but the electric company that the protests are against is Russian-state owned. | Averina indray, tsy maidan io, tsia, fa ilay fihetsiketsehana nahatonga ny fanoherana no Rosiana no tompony. |
32 | Can't ignore Russian complicity | Tsy afaka minia tsy mijery ny tsikombakomba rosiana |
33 | - Karena Avedissian (@KarenaAv) June 23, 2015 While many voices view Electric Yerevan as an emerging social movement, others see it on simpler terms. | Raha misy ireo feo maro mametraka ny fijery fa fipongaran'ny hetsika sosialy ny Yerevan Elektirika, ny hafa kosa mahita azy amin'ny voambolana tsotra kokoa. |
34 | A 24-year-old former government employee told Global Voices on condition of anonymity that “the reason is very simple. | Nilaza tamin'ny Global Voices ny mpiasan'ny governemant iray teo aloha 24 taona tsy nanonona anarana fa “tsotra dia tsotra ny antony. |
35 | People went to the streets to protest against the rise of electricity rates. | Nidina an-dalambe ny olona hanohitra ny fiakaran'ny vidinjiro. |
36 | That's it.” | Dia izay ihany.” |
37 | Yerevan-based political scientist Akop Gabrielyan also cautioned against drawing broad conclusions when contacted by Global Voices: | Mpanadihady ara-politika iray monina ao Yerevan antsoina hoe Akop Gabrielyan dia nampitandrina ihany koa amin'ny fehinkevitra mety hiitatra raha niteny tamin'ny Global Voices: |
38 | The cause, deep-rooted social reason is tied with a number of unpopular moves and decisions by the government: rise of taxes, transport prices, etc. At the same time it is completely wrong to call the movement as the Armenian Maidan … People are against ineffective, detrimental management of the electricity company. | Ny antony, ny antony lalina dia mifandray amin'ny hetsika sy ny fanapahankevitra halam-bahoaka nataon'ny governemanta: fiakaran'ny hetra, fiakaran'ny fitaterana,sns. Fa ao anatin'izany fotoana izany dia diso tanteraka ny filazana ny hetsika hoe Maidan Armeniana … Ny tsy fahombiazana sy ny faharatsian'ny fitantanana ny orinasan'ny herinjiro no toherin'ny olona. |