ArmInfo. On behalf of Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan, representatives of the Human Rights Defender left for the Syunik region to investigate the human rights issues raised by employees of the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC). They also aimed to assess the state citizens rights protection and address concerns about working conditions, the statement of the Ombudsman's Office says.
According to the information, Aram Minasyan, the head of the Department for the Protection of Human Rights in the Sphere of Criminal Justice and the Armed Forces at the Human Rights Defender's Office, along with the Vladimir Hovhannisyan, the head of the Department for the Protection of Civil, Socio- Economic and Cultural Rights, and Ani Mnatsakanyan, the head of the Syunik Regional Department, got acquainted with the situation on the spot and held meetings with ZCMC employees. "All human rights concerns will be considered and presented to the Human Rights Defender," the statement said.
