{"id":5267,"date":"2015-07-03T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T12:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/on-the-scene-tehmine-yenoqyan\/"},"modified":"2015-07-03T12:12:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T12:12:49","slug":"on-the-scene-tehmine-yenoqyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/newsroom\/2015\/07\/03\/5267\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Scene: Tehmine Yenoqyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehmine Yenoqyan made her first foray into journalism in 2008 at Shant TV.<\/p>\n<p>Then she took an interest in and began to work on film editing. She is the creator of several documentary films.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, she began working at EcoLur NGO, where her journalism work coincided with public service.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tehmine Yenokyan\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/338\/19190260638_32d95c415f.jpg\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We would go to different communities, which gave me a chance to become acquainted with Armenia&#8217;s environmental and financial issues. I saw the state of villages, what conditions people live in, what social issues there are. That one year had a great impact on me, on my becoming a citizen,&#8221; she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tehmine Yenokyan\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/475\/19371699892_a2145515a3.jpg\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was during that time she began to get involved in eco movements and not only as a journalist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HPbehWWKxVo\" width=\"853\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wSB3XW9lT-o\" style=\"line-height: 20.3999996185303px;\">struggle of [the residents of] Kajaran village<\/a> left the biggest impression on me; when residents of the remote village were prepared to get to Yerevan, to the government building, to defend their rights; when the village mayor stood up and said he will not yield a single piece of land; when the rural-urban boundaries were stripped away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tehmine Yenokyan\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/303\/18757195963_72b50f5502.jpg\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When on the scene you find yourself next to the police during a heated moment, he doesn&#8217;t distinguish whether you are a[n ordinary] citizen, a journalist, or a representative of a human rights organization. There is a boundary beyond which, indeed, force is applied. And it&#8217;s only by crossing that boundary that it&#8217;s possible you will be injured, but in return you will get evidence of your rights being violated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos and text by Sona Kocharyan.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehmine Yenoqyan made her first foray into journalism in 2008 at Shant TV.<\/p>\n<p>Then she took an interest in and began to work on film editing. 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