On April 4, the international human rights organization Freedom House publish
ed its report "Transition Countries 2017", which analyzes the situation with democracy in the countries of Central Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia. The countries are estimated on a seven-point scale.
The highest score was rated 1 point, the worst - 7 points. Azerbaijan received 7 points on the level of suffrage, the state of civil society, independent media, democratic governance, independence of the judiciary.
Only according to local democratic governance Azerbaijan received 6.5 points. As a result, the level of democracy in Azerbaijan is estimated at an average of 6.93 points. Last year it was 6.86. The neighbors of Azerbaijan - Georgia and Azerbaijan received respectively 4.61 and 5.39 points. In five of the 12 countries in the region, the corruption situation has worsened. At the lowest level are Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. "Freedom House" also points out that the non-settlement of the conflict can increase the risks of wars. At the beginning of the year shootings intensified in the east of Ukraine, tensions between Kosovo and Serbia increased. Armenia and Azerbaijan suffered the most losses during the escalation of the conflict in April 2016. -03D06-
Politics
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Azerbaijani Presidential Aide Hikmet Hajiyev, who is on a visit to Iran, was received by President Masoud Pezeshkian on February 2.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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Aide to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev is on a visit to Iran, where he met with Adviser to the President of the Islamic Republic Mehdi Sanayi.
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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