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“Freedom in the World 2014” report published on the eve by the American watchdog organization Freedom House again ranked Armenia and the Nagorno Karabakh Republic as “partially free” countries. The rating is available on the official website of the organization.

Political as well as civil liberties in Armenia have a score of 5. It should be noted that the organization assesses the degree of freedom on a 7- point scale, where the higher the score the worse the condition of the freedom is.

Azerbaijan is noted by the organization among the countries that recorded a significant decline in the field of freedoms. The situation in the country is marked by the deterioration of the atmosphere and increase in negative rating from the 5th to 6th point. The reason of this is “the ongoing blatant property rights violations by the government in a year in which the state also cracked down on the opposition and civil society in advance of presidential elections”.

Turkey and Georgia as well are ranked as “partially free” countries, while Iran and Russia remain as “not free”. Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are as well “not free” yet.