May 16, 2009 - 14:40 AMT
Human rights not protected in Azerbaijan
According to Azerbaijani political scientists and experts, Georgia is a leading democracy in the South Caucasus. Armenia is in the second place.

Explaining their motivation, the experts said that there is freedom of assembly both in Georgia and Armenia. Meanwhile, Azeri opposition and citizens are not ready to struggle for their rights.

The poll conducted by Mirror Azeri newspaper engaged Hikmet Hajizade, Zardusht Alizade, Leyla Aliyeva, Rasim Musabekov and Novella Jafaroglu. From the Georgian side, Georgy Chkheidze, Georgy Margvelashvili and Archi Gegeshidze participated. However, Georgian experts did not rank the countries.