On September 16, 2017, the ”Veles”  human rights non-governmental organization visited Vanadzor within the framework of the project of   ”Combating Corruption – Strengthening Democracy”.

The aim of the visit was not only to present our organization’s program for 2017-2018, but also to organize discussions with law enforcement officials, journalists, human rights defenders, victims of usury and other types of corruption crimes within the framework of the subject matter. Representatives of the law enforcement system did not break the tradition, and as usual, did not appear, yet that did not hinder to have a fairly effective meeting.

Representatives of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office, the ”Helsinki Association”, the  ”Human Rights Power”, Lori Regional Branch of the ”Armenian Lawyers` Association”, local TV companies and journalists, as well as individuals suffered from corruption crimes attended the meeting.

During the meeting, the report-research of ”Usury as  Perverse  Manifestation of Corruption” developed by the ”Veles”  NGO was presented, too.

At the end of the meeting, in order to make it more effective, the ”Veles” NGO and the participants made some arrangements aimed at combating jointly corruption and its manifestations.