Armenia

3.1 million people
5,660 USD GNI (PPP)
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Press Release

Secretary Clinton Should Raise Human Rights Concerns During Her Visit to the Caucasus

Jun 1 2012 - 3:17pm

Freedom House urges Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to make human rights and democracy shortfalls in the Caucasus region the cornerstone topic in private meetings and in public statements during

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Human Rights Defense
Regions: 
Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia
Testimonies

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia: Elections and Democratic Development in the Caucasus

May 23 2012 - 11:56am

Christopher Walker, Vice President for Strategy and Analysis, testified on May 23 before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on elections and democratic development in the Caucasus.

 

 

 

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Elections
Regions: 
Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia
Freedom Alert

Armenian Human Rights Organization Attacked

Apr 20 2012 - 2:51pm

Freedom House urges Armenian authorities to conduct an immediate, independent investigation into a mob attack against the offices of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (HCA), a leading human rights organization, and the failure of police forces to calm the crowd or intervene when the situation began to turn violent.

Issues: 
Freedom of Expression
Regions: 
Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia
Press Release

Freedom House Calls on Armenia to Liberalize Its Broadcast Media

Dec 14 2010 - 12:00am

Freedom House today called on the Government of Armenia to grant a broadcasting license to A1+ television station, which has effectively been shut down by the Armenian state since 2002.

Issues: 
Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom
Regions: 
Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia

Signature Reports

Freedom in the World

Freedom of the Press

Nations in Transit

Special Reports

Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On

“Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On,” marks the 20th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup of August 19, 1991. The retrospective essay examines the changes in the political rights and civil liberties in the former Soviet Union over the last two decades, as well as includes graphs and rankings that illustrate the region's performance in the annual Freedom House publications Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press. The report  concludes that there is a serious and disturbing failure to embrace democratic institutions in most of the post-Soviet region.

Regions: 
Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia

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