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Lithuanian Citizens Outraged by Mass Leak of Personal Data

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One municipality in Lithuania accidentally leaked residents’ personal codes to the public, violating their right to privacy and exposing them to fraud. Kėdainiai District Municipality sent out bills for waste disposal in envelopes displaying residents’ personal codes right next to their names. These codes are unique to each citizen and may be used to determine someone’s gender …

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Urgent Changes Needed to Reform Lithuania’s Outdated Prison System

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A few months ago, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that Lithuania violated Article 3 (“no one shall be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The group of prisoners who won the case are pleased with the results – now, Lithuania will have …

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Update to the Council of Europe on the execution of L v. Lithuania judgment

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Today, the National LGBT* Rights Organization LGL and the Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) informed the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe about the process of executing the judgement in the case L. v. Lithuania. The civil society organizations’ have commended the Government’s efforts in introducing comprehensive procedures for legal gender recognition and …

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NGOs from across the world asks Polish President to veto the acts undermining judicial power in Poland

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Human Rights Monitoring Institute joined over 50 civil society organizations from across the world in an appeal to the President of Poland Andrzej Duda to veto three acts regarding the functioning of the justice system in Poland. In its open letter the NGOs stress out that the Acts concerning the National Council of the Judiciary …

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Civil Society in Lithuania Urges MPs to Ratify Istanbul Convention

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Almost 70 NGOs are urging Lithuanian MPs to better protect victims of domestic violence by complying with international obligations and ratifying the Council of Europe Convention combating violence against women. Although Lithuania passed the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence in 2011, this sort of violence remains an acute problem to this day. Since the …

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Study: suspects in Lithuania find it difficult to understand their rights

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Experts rate the comprehensibility of the notification of suspects’ rights as average. Police officers and lawyers interviewed by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute said that suspects are explained their right to a lawyer, the right to remain silent and other procedural rights, but in complicated legal language that is difficult to understand without legal education. …

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Lithuania Criticized After ECHR Ruling on Russian ‘Homosexual Propaganda’

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“The judgment is an important precedent in the European context. Lithuania’s anti-propaganda law, which is similar to the Russian one, is still in place, while the European Commission refuses to step in,” said Dutch MEP Sophie In’t Veld (Vice-President of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights), commenting on the June 20 European Court of …

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Lithuania found in violation of life prisoners’ rights

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the existing ban on the commutation of life sentences in Lithuania violates the rights of the convicted. In the case Matiošaitis and others v. Lithuania, eight life prisoners sought a ruling that Lithuania violated Article 3 of the Convention (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment). Parole …

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Psychiatric Patients Turned into Sideshow, Exploited for Commercial Gain

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According to 15min.lt, two Lithuanian businesswomen were caught organizing “training sessions” during which they would take heads of companies to interact with psychiatric patients. The visits would take place in the Vilnius City Mental Health Center. During these sessions, the trainees would pose as students and speak to patients without first obtaining their consent, or …

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