Human Rights Monitoring Institute

  • Politics

Authority protection amendments might lead to criticism restrictions – expert

Human rights defenders criticize proposed amendments, submitted by the Ministry of the Interior, which would authorize the VIP Protection Department…

6 years ago
  • European Union
  • Society

ECJ ruling will allow gay couples to get Lithuanian residency – NGOs

Nongovernmental organizations hope the European Court of Justice's Tuesday ruling will pave the way for homosexuals from third countries, married…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania didn’t provide Turkey with ByLock user data

Lithuania never received a Turkish request for legal assistance on user of ByLock app and did not provide any data,…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Seimas panel probing if Lithuania could provide ByLock consumer data to Turkey

The Lithuanian parliament's Committee for Legal Affairs is working to establish whether Lithuania could have provided Turkey with information about…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian residents unlikely to stand up for violated rights

Residents of Lithuania are unlikely to stand up for their rights that have been violated, shows the latest poll. [...]

8 years ago
  • Society

Row breaks out over firing of human rights NGO head

A row has broken out between the Human Rights Monitoring Institute and its director Dovilė Šakalienė, who has been recently…

9 years ago
  • Society

Strasbourg court ruling on same-sex unions relevant for Lithuania, lawyer says

The new practice of the European Court of Human Rights on regulation of same-sex relationships is significant for Lithuania, says…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s ex-security chiefs caught by surprise by investigation into their activities

Former chiefs of the Lithuanian State Security Department say they are unaware of the decision made by prosecutors to resume…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Reprieve says new evidence of CIA prison in Lithuania

Reprieve human rights organization says it has sent new documents to Lithuanian prosecutors in connection to detention of suspected terrorists…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian prosecutors set up task force for CIA prison probe

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office has set up a special group for investigation of all data about the alleged prison…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Former president Adamkus says there were no CIA prisons in Lithuania

Lithuania's former president Valdas Adamkus says he was assured by security officials that Lithuania did not host a secret CIA…

10 years ago
  • Society

Most Lithuanians do not report violations of their rights, survey shows

Absolute majority of Lithuanians (95 percent) who think their rights were violated did not turn anywhere about it, shows a…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian foreign minister receives human rights award

The Vilnius-based Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) presented its annual human rights award to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Human rights advocates urge Lithuanian prosecutors to request full US Senate report on CIA prisons

Human rights activists on Wednesday urged Lithuanian prosecutors to turn to the United States with a request to provide its…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s NGOs refuse to talk to Russian-language First Baltic Channel

Well-known Lithuanian non governmental organizations have refused to provide comments to the First Baltic Channel (PBK), a Russian-language TV station,…

10 years ago