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FREEDOM HOUSE: ARMENIA LISTED AMONG STATES WITH SEMI-CONSOLIDATED AUTHORITARIAN REGIME
June 12, 2014 | 18:21
Armenia continues to be listed among semi-consolidated authoritarian
regimes in the Freedom House report titled "Nations in Transit 2014."
Armenia has scored 5.36 points and has low rating in the survey's
civil society category.
As to the neighboring countries, Georgia is listed among the states
with transitional government or hybrid regime, while Azerbaijan is
named a country with consolidated authoritarian regime. The report
indicates crackdown on civil society activists, political opponents,
and the media following presidential elections in Azerbaijan last
October.
"After six consecutive years of decline, the largest and wealthiest
country in the Caucasus--and the newest chair of the Committee of
Ministers for the Council of Europe--now has the democracy rating of
a deeply entrenched Central Asian dictatorship, with less freedom of
assembly or expression than Tajikistan and more flagrant corruption
than Kazakhstan," the report reads.
Besides, the report indicates Russia's key role in decline of democracy
in post-Soviet area.
"Even in states where government and law enforcement already
surpass their Russian counterparts in institutionalized brutality and
intolerance, the Kremlin's legislation has served as an inspiration,"
the experts say.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
June 12, 2014 | 18:21
Armenia continues to be listed among semi-consolidated authoritarian
regimes in the Freedom House report titled "Nations in Transit 2014."
Armenia has scored 5.36 points and has low rating in the survey's
civil society category.
As to the neighboring countries, Georgia is listed among the states
with transitional government or hybrid regime, while Azerbaijan is
named a country with consolidated authoritarian regime. The report
indicates crackdown on civil society activists, political opponents,
and the media following presidential elections in Azerbaijan last
October.
"After six consecutive years of decline, the largest and wealthiest
country in the Caucasus--and the newest chair of the Committee of
Ministers for the Council of Europe--now has the democracy rating of
a deeply entrenched Central Asian dictatorship, with less freedom of
assembly or expression than Tajikistan and more flagrant corruption
than Kazakhstan," the report reads.
Besides, the report indicates Russia's key role in decline of democracy
in post-Soviet area.
"Even in states where government and law enforcement already
surpass their Russian counterparts in institutionalized brutality and
intolerance, the Kremlin's legislation has served as an inspiration,"
the experts say.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am