Washington / 16.01.18 / Turan: The international human rights organization Freedom House based in Washington D.C. has published its traditional report The Index of Freedom in the World - 2018.
The document indicates that democracy is being attacked on a global scale and continues to retreat around the world.
Russia and China not only increase repression, but also spread their negative influence on other countries. Autocratic regimes, in order to protect themselves, seek to suppress democracy even in remote countries, persecute dissidents, and undermine world institutions.
Of the 196 countries and territories in the world, 88 are recognized as free, 58 as partly free, and others as not free.
Azerbaijan among 49 countries has fallen into the category of "not free". Azerbaijan"s neighbors, Armenia and Georgia, have been included in the category of partially free countries.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region under the Armenian occupation is also referred to this category. -16D-
Politics
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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