The press in Armenia is considered “Not Free” according to the latest report published by Freedom House.

Out of 192 countries ranked in the “2012 Freedom of the Press” report, Armenia came in with a ranking of 149.

Neighboring Azerbaijan did even worse with a ranking of 172.

Georgia’s press, with a ranking of 112, was considered “Partly Free”. So was Turkey’s with a ranking of 121.

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, are the only post-Soviet states were the press is considered “Free” according to the report.

The analysis found that only 14.5 percent of the world’s inhabitants lived in countries with a "Free" press, while 45 percent had a Partly Free press and 40.5 percent lived in Not Free environments.

The improvements in the Arab world were the most significant findings of Freedom of the Press 2012: A Global Survey of Media Independence, the latest edition of an annual index published by Freedom House since 1980.