On July 22, Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan visited a military unit under the Special Army Corps of the Ministry of Defense as part of his working visit to Syunik Marz.

Anahit Manasyan had a meeting with the representatives of the command and officer staff of the special army corps and military units, and discussed a number of issues related to the rights of servicemen.

Anahit Manasyan, accompanied by the commander of the Special Army Corps, Major General Garegin Poghosyan, toured the territory of the military unit, studied the social and living conditions, in particular, the state of the medical service, the availability of medicine, the quality of the food served, questions about discipline and morale, etc.

The defender emphasized once again that the protection of the rights of servicemen and their family members is one of the priority directions of his activity. In this context, the problems recorded during periodic visits to military units and the possible ways to solve them are consistently presented to the competent authorities.

Anahit Manasyan emphasized the need to carry out complex and continuous work in the direction of preventing suicides and self-harms, guaranteeing the right to life, strengthening military discipline, as well as maintaining and improving the morale and psychological state of servicemen.

The defender also emphasized the necessity of continuous improvement of the service and living conditions of servicemen, highlighting the ongoing work in that direction.

Anahit Manasyan appreciates the readiness and consistency of the Ministry of Defense in addressing and solving sectoral problems. Within the framework of visits to military units, positive developments and effective solutions to many problems are regularly recorded in relation to the issues raised by the Human Rights Defender.

HRD informs that the visits of the Human Rights Defender to military units and other military institutions are regular.

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