The NKR Human Rights Defender has presented his yearly report for 2008 and gives an overall passing grade to the country. The report states that from May 20 to December 30, the Human Rights Office received a total of 196 petitions from 267 individuals. A majority of the petitions, 60%, were from Stepanakert, 15% from Martuni, 7% from Martakert and 6% from Hadrut. There were practically no petitions received from Shushi residents or from Kashatagh and Shahoumyan. The Human Rights Defender (HDR) argues that such drastic differences can be accounted for by distances needed to be traveled from such regions to get to the HDR office and the low level of legal awareness among many. Fifty of the petitions received deal with the police authorities, 37 with regional administrations, 25 with the Stepanakert mayor's office and 22 with the courts. The remaining petitions refer to various government ministries and departments and different businesses. As a result of the activities of the HDR, seventeen cases of human rights violations were reported. In the general assessment of the HDR, there were no reported cases of violations within the NKR of a systematic or societal nature.