Armenia`s Human Rights Defender meets with Yazidi community in  Aragatsotn

ArmInfo.  On December 3, Armenia's Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan went to Aragatsotn to meet with representatives of the Yazidi community, and this in  conditions when it was already known from early morning that bus  drivers, dissatisfied with their working conditions, were holding a  strike in Yerevan.

As reported by the office of the Ombudsman of Armenia, as part of the  visit, Manasyan went to the communities of Arevut, Kanch and Ako,  where she registered problems related to the lack of medical centers,  pharmacies, retail outlets and transportation.

At the meeting with the human rights defender, representatives of the  Yazidi community said that there is no secondary school in their  communities, as a result of which children have problems continuing  their education in the future. "The conditions in the buildings of  educational institutions are in poor condition:  there is no central  heating system, the equipment in the classrooms is of poor quality,  the gyms are not usable at all," the statement says.

According to the source, the visit was organized by the  representative of the Yazidi community in the parliament, acting  chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Human Rights and Public  Affairs Rustam Bakoyan. The Yazidi community was also visited by  UNICEF Representative in Armenia Christine Weigand.

This morning, December 3, the drivers of Yerevan Bus CJSC refused to  go on routes, demanding better working conditions. For this reason,  thousands of Yerevan residents found themselves in a difficult  situation in the morning, forced to stand for hours at bus stops  waiting for the rare buses that did not join the strike. The  situation was aggravated by the fact that, against the backdrop of  the lack of transport, taxi prices also soared. And instead of going  to the bus depot and talking to the drivers, including for the proper  protection of their rights, Manasyan preferred to go to Aragatsotn.