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Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
January 24, 2014 Friday
Freedom House: Azerbaijan has been and remains unfree country
International human rights organization FreedomHouse announced its
traditional annual report on the state of freedom in the world.
Azerbaijan, like all previous years, remained in the list of unfree
countries among 48 countries by the FreedomHouse.
Among the CIS countries unfree countries are recognized: Russia ,
Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Turkmenistan. Georgia and Armenia are
considered partly free.
In Azerbaijan was noted in the past year further deterioration in the
form of restriction of freedoms and rights of citizens, the
suppression and persecution of civil society activists and opponents
of the authorities; in particular, violations of property rights of
citizens. -16-
January 24, 2014 Friday
Freedom House: Azerbaijan has been and remains unfree country
International human rights organization FreedomHouse announced its
traditional annual report on the state of freedom in the world.
Azerbaijan, like all previous years, remained in the list of unfree
countries among 48 countries by the FreedomHouse.
Among the CIS countries unfree countries are recognized: Russia ,
Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Turkmenistan. Georgia and Armenia are
considered partly free.
In Azerbaijan was noted in the past year further deterioration in the
form of restriction of freedoms and rights of citizens, the
suppression and persecution of civil society activists and opponents
of the authorities; in particular, violations of property rights of
citizens. -16-