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21 December 2004 - 14:52 AMT

ARMENIA AND KARABAKH PARTLY FREE, AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA NOT FREE

According to the results of the recurrent research of Freedom House human rights organization that summed up the year 2004, Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh were ranged among the partly free countries, while Azerbaijan and Russia are not free. The estimate is based on a seven-point scale, where 1 is the highest value. According to the scale Armenia got 4 points in civil freedoms and 5 points in political freedoms. Nagorno Karabakh got 5 in both categories. The Freedom House report notes aggravation of the political freedom record of Armenia.