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January 1991 case expected to reach Lithuanian court this summer
Twenty-four years after the attempted coup of 13 January 1991, parties in the case are studying the materials of the exclusive Lithuanian investigation that concluded in the end of last year. […]
Culture
Lithuania prepares to commemorate Day of Freedom Defenders
A series of events to mark the Day of Freedom Defenders is starting in Lithuania on Monday in tribute to the victims of the Soviet aggression of 13 January 1991. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Is international law really a law?
Although international law as a concept of general principles and customs has been known for centuries, reaching as back as Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome, discussions concerning its existence and common application reached its apogee only in the 20th century; however, neither the theoretical discussions, nor practical events managed to provide a definite answer to the most fundamental question, which is still being considered now at the time of unprecedented Russian aggression towards Ukraine and in the light of continuous conflicts in the Middle East: is international law, per se, real law? […]
Society
Lithuania finishes 13 January massacre investigation
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General‘s Office has finished the pre-trial investigation into the 13 January massacre case in which 69 people, citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, have been named suspects. […]
Society
Society
Society
Lithuanian court leaves 13 January massacre suspect in detention
The Court of Appeal of Lithuania on Friday upheld Vilnius Regional Court’s decision to extend the detention of Russian citizen Yuriy Mel, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case, for three months, rejecting the Russian citizen’s appeal. […]
Foreign affairs
Legal expert: Russia indicates that it questions Lithuania’s independence
Attempts by Russia‘s law enforcement agencies to re-open criminal prosecution against Lithuanian nationals who avoided military service in the Soviet army in 1990-1991 has no legal basis, says international law expert Erika Leonaitė. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister: Prosecution of Soviet army deserters is absurd as Russia has denied continuity with USSR
Russia‘s attempts to prosecute persons who refused to serve in the Soviet army is absurd, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Foreign affairs
President’s adviser: Forcing Lithuanians to serve in Soviet army was a war crime
Chief advisor to the president on interior policy Virginija Budienė says that Lithuanian citizens who left or refused to serve in the Soviet army after Lithuania declared independence from the USSR in March 1990 did not commit a crime. […]
Foreign affairs
Russia reopens criminal cases against Lithuanians who refused to serve in Soviet army
Russia has reopened 25-year-old cases that may lead to criminal charges against young people who refused to serve in the Soviet army in 1990-1991, shows a request for legal assistance received by the Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office. […]