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Armenia rated as "partly free country" ahead of Azerbaijan and Turkey - Freedom House
YEREVAN, March 9. /ARKA/. Freedom House rates Armenia as 'partly free country' in its latest annual "Freedom in the house" report for 2023. Armenia scored 54 points out of 100 and joined the list of "partly free countries."
According to the report, Armenia is only behind its northern neighbor Georgia, which scored 58 points. The other countries of the region are located as follows: Turkey - 32 points, Russia - 16 points, Iran - 12 points, Azerbaijan - 9 points.
Last year Armenia was also included in the list of "partly free countries". The report also mentions Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), which scored 37 points out of 100 and was recognized as
"partly free country".
Finland, Norway and Sweden all received perfect scores, while the least free countries and regions were North Korea, Eritrea, Turkmenistan, South Sudan, Syria and Tibet. The report also ranks China and Saudi Arabia among the "worst of the worst." -0-
