• Lithuania: Reject Homophobic Law Proposal
    Dec 8, 2009
    Lithuania’s parliament (the Seimas) should eliminate all discriminatory and repressive language in a new law designed to censor information available to children, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a letter to a key lawmaker.
  • Lithuania: Don’t Revive Censorship Law
    Jul 13, 2009

    The Lithuanian parliament should not revive a proposed law that had been vetoed by the president, to ban references to gay, lesbian, and bisexual relations in public places, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today to the speaker of Lithuania's parliament.

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  • ‘Traditional Values’ code for human rights abuse?
    Oct 17, 2012
    The U.N. Human Rights Council recently passed a resolution on “traditional values of humankind” as a vehicle for “promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms.” It sounds innocuous, but its implications are ominous. Indeed, it is an immediate threat to the rights of many vulnerable groups – including women and lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) people. And it flies in the face of the founding principles of universality and indivisibility enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • Defending LGBT Rights Worldwide
    Sep 1, 2010
    Human Rights Watch protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people who are subject to discrimination and violence—and sometimes even torture or execution—because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • Lithuania: Reject Homophobic Law Proposal
    Dec 8, 2009
    Lithuania’s parliament (the Seimas) should eliminate all discriminatory and repressive language in a new law designed to censor information available to children, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a letter to a key lawmaker.
  • Letter to the Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture of the Seimas
    Dec 7, 2009
    In a letter to Chairman Stundys Human Rights Watch urges him to exercise his influence to ensure the plenary assembly of the Seimas will pass a version of the ‘Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information' that is fully consistent with Lithuania's obligations under European and international human rights law.
  • Lithuania: Don’t Revive Censorship Law
    Jul 13, 2009

    The Lithuanian parliament should not revive a proposed law that had been vetoed by the president, to ban references to gay, lesbian, and bisexual relations in public places, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today to the speaker of Lithuania's parliament.

  • Letter for Lithuania's Speaker of the Seimas
    Jul 10, 2009
    Today in a letter on behalf of Human Rights Watch, Boris Dittrich asked the Speaker of the Seimas, Arunas Valinskas, to use his influence to ensure that the Presidential veto will not be overturned by the Seimas and that the human rights of all persons in Lithuania, including those of young people, will be protected.
  • Lithuania: Reject Censorship Law
    Jun 24, 2009
    President Valdas Adamkus should veto a proposed law passed by Lithuania’s parliament that would ban references to gay, lesbian, and bisexual relations in public places, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the president.
  • Letter to the President of the Republic of Lithuania
    Jun 24, 2009
  • Commentary on State Replies
    Mar 28, 2006
    Human Rights Watch welcomes the Council of Europe’s Group of Specialists on Human Rights and the Fight against Terrorism (DH-S-TER) reflection and continuing debate on the human rights implications of the use of diplomatic assurances in transfers of terrorism suspects to places where they are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. The objections of Human Rights Watch and a range of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to the use of diplomatic assurances are detailed in two joint statements already submitted to the Council of Europe for consideration in the course of this debate.