The human rights organization Freedom House has published an annual report on the state of press freedom in the world. According to the multi-page document, the level of media freedom in the world has fallen to the lowest level in the last 12 years. The report assesses the state of the press in 199 countries, which are classified as "free", "partly free" and "not free." Overall, only 13% of the population has access to a free press; 41% of people are partly free press, and 46% have a "free press." The most non-free media is in Belarus, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The most free press is in Norway, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Andorra, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Azerbaijan ranks one of the last among the 189 countries with a "free press" status.
Armenia ranks 139th, as having a "free press", and Georgia ranks 96th with a status of "partly free press." Russia ranks 176 place also with the "free press." According to the report, the authorities of Azerbaijan, Russia and Tajikistan have tightened control over the press, suppressing "discontent platform." In Azerbaijan, the authorities stepped up harassment of journalists and media that carry out investigating on corruption, the report notes. -02D-
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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
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As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
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On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
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During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
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