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The Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan was forced to defend Meline Daluzyan from her detractors day and night, My Step MP Maria Karapetyan said at the Armenian parliament on Wednesday.

It should be noted that in honor of Armenian citizen weightlifter, transgender, Mel (Meline) Daluzyan it is planned to shoot the film “Mel”. The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia took part of the funding. This caused a public outcry, which led to an extremely mixed reaction of the conservative part of the Armenian population.

According to the ruling bloc MP, due to aggression against her, Daluzyan was forced to leave Armenia, since her life and health were in real danger.

When asked if she saw a condemning statement by Armenian weightlifters that a film was being shot about a man who caused serious problems in the Armenian Weightlifting Federation, in particular, was responsible for the situation surrounding the use of doping by Armenian athletes, Maria Karapetyan replied that this statement is rather problematic.

“It is problematic amid terms and expressions used. A person is described as a subhuman, which is the first step towards a hate crime,” the MP noted.

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