Western Azerbaijan Community

The Freedom House organization, operating in the United States and positioning itself as a fighter for democracy and human rights, has published an annual report. The People in Transit 2024 report attempts to give an ideological spin to the current geopolitical conflict in the international world.

The report's authors take a clearly inflammatory approach, opposing diplomacy and mutual understanding, deepening dividing lines, placing countries in one camp or another. Clients of the report, who cannot digest Azerbaijan’s restoration of its territorial integrity and sovereignty and the implementation of an independent policy, argue that the anti-terrorism measures implemented in September 2023 allegedly violate human rights and attempt to classify our country into some geopolitical group.

The report's specific targeting of Azerbaijan, while generally harmful and incorrect, is the result of the activities of numerous radical Armenian functionaries, including Vice President Annie Boyajian, who have taken root in Freedom House. Instead of defending higher values such as human rights, the Armenian employees of Freedom House act out of national fanaticism and slander Azerbaijan.

The Western Azerbaijan Community regrets that Freedom House has lost its authority due to the influence of racist circles, calls on the organization not to be an instrument in the hands of political circles and to support the right of return of Azerbaijanis expelled from Armenia.