Yerevan citizen forced to migrate to Van
The home located at 18 Koghbatsi Street in Yerevan reminds one of an island in the "ocean" of newly built tall buildings in the area.
In January 2007, the government recognized all homes in that area as supreme public interest. Only Armenuhi Manukyan is not getting ready to leave the home that she received from her grandparents as heritage and says alienation is orchestrated with many violations of the law.
"The territory can be considered supreme public interest only if there will be a public building here, like a hospital, a school or a building of strategic significance. In our case, there is no construction of such a building," Armenuhi told "A1+".
The construction firm has destroyed different parts of the once two-story home from time to time after throwing the former tenants out. As a result, the wooden roof is on the verge of collapse, and there are more and more cracks in the walls of the residential sector.
Armenuhi is determined to reach the European Court of Human Rights, but she has just one concern.
"Even if the ECHR rules in our favor and makes the government pay us the money for compensation, Magaret CJSC shouldn't be the one forced to pay the money, but the Armenian government. It will be forced to pay us by taxing you and me, while Magaret will build the building and make millions," she noted.
Armenuhi says she is tired of all the hustle and recalls that her ancestor, who was a Genocide survivor from Van, obtained the house in the early 20th century.
"It turns out that we were exiled, came to Armenia, and now if they throw us out, we will go back to Van. There is no alternative," Armenuhi Manukyan.
