Armenia and Karabakh rated by freedom house as partly free countries
19.09.2016,
15:51
Freedom House, a non-governmental organization surveying democracies and freedom worldwide, has released its latest Freedom in the World 2016 report, rating Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh as ‘partly free’ countries with a total score of 46 and 33 respectively (0 = Best, 100 = Worst).
YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA/. Freedom House, a non-governmental organization surveying democracies and freedom worldwide, has released its latest Freedom in the World 2016 report, rating Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh as ‘partly free’ countries with a total score of 46 and 33 respectively (0 = Best, 100 = Worst). Nagorno-Karabakh is placed in the list of 15 "disputed territories."
The report assesses the situation with the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens in 195 independent states and 15 disputed territories.
The report provides an assessment of the level of political rights (PR) and civil liberties (CL) on a 1-7 scale , where 1 indicates the maximum freedom and 7 - the minimum. In terms of PR Armenia has 5 points, and 4 points in terms of CL. Both indicators for Nagorno-Karabakh are 5 points.
Apart from Armenia, other former Soviet republics of Georgia (64), Kyrgyzstan (38), Moldova (60) and Ukraine (61) were rated as ‘partly free.’
Azerbaijan (16), Belarus (17), Kazakhstan (24) Russia (22), Tajikistan (16), Turkmenistan (4) and Uzbekistan (3) were rated as ‘not-free’. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are in the group of "free" countries with rates of 86, 91 and 94 points respectively. Iran (17) was described as "not free" while Turkey (53) as "partly free" country.
Of 195 nations Norway, San Marino and Sweden (100 points) were rated as ‘most free’, followed by Canada and the Netherlands (99 points), as well as Australia, Barbados, Denmark, Liechtenstein , Luxembourg, New Zealand and Uruguay (98 points).
Somalia (2) was rated as the most "not free" country followed by Eritrea, North Korea and Uzbekistan (3 points). Syria is also included in this group. This group includes 50 states or 26%, with a total population of 2.6 billion people. -0-
The report assesses the situation with the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens in 195 independent states and 15 disputed territories.
The report provides an assessment of the level of political rights (PR) and civil liberties (CL) on a 1-7 scale , where 1 indicates the maximum freedom and 7 - the minimum. In terms of PR Armenia has 5 points, and 4 points in terms of CL. Both indicators for Nagorno-Karabakh are 5 points.
Apart from Armenia, other former Soviet republics of Georgia (64), Kyrgyzstan (38), Moldova (60) and Ukraine (61) were rated as ‘partly free.’
Azerbaijan (16), Belarus (17), Kazakhstan (24) Russia (22), Tajikistan (16), Turkmenistan (4) and Uzbekistan (3) were rated as ‘not-free’. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are in the group of "free" countries with rates of 86, 91 and 94 points respectively. Iran (17) was described as "not free" while Turkey (53) as "partly free" country.
Of 195 nations Norway, San Marino and Sweden (100 points) were rated as ‘most free’, followed by Canada and the Netherlands (99 points), as well as Australia, Barbados, Denmark, Liechtenstein , Luxembourg, New Zealand and Uruguay (98 points).
Somalia (2) was rated as the most "not free" country followed by Eritrea, North Korea and Uzbekistan (3 points). Syria is also included in this group. This group includes 50 states or 26%, with a total population of 2.6 billion people. -0-
