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September 18, 2015

Lithuania: Latvian Activist Barred From Visiting

Lithuanian authorities have imposed a five-year ban on a Latvian human rights activist, preventing him from entering Lithuania to carry out his work.

Free Speech

September 18, 2015 News Release

Lithuania: Latvian Activist Barred From Visiting
LGBT Rights

June 23, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Double Speak in Latvia

Boris Dittrich
Advocacy Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Free Speech

(Brussels) – European leaders should use a high-level gathering with “Eastern partners” to insist that the Azerbaijan government unconditionally release anyone held on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today.

May 21, 2015 News Release

Azerbaijan: EU Leaders Should Insist on Prisoner Releases

Reports More Reports

October 1, 1993

Violations by the Latvian Department of Citizenship and Immigration

News

March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis
January 15, 2015 Letter

Latvian EU presidency should promote conclusions to strengthen the fight against impunity before EU member states' courts
May 28, 2014 Dispatches

Dispatches: The Hope of an Inclusive Europe

Kriti Sharma
Researcher, Disability Rights Division
May 24, 2011 Letter

Appeal to Latvian Leaders to Support Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships
July 25, 2006 Letter

Latvia: Promote Equality, Investigate Attacks on LGBT Pride Activists
July 25, 2006 News Release

Latvia: Investigate Attacks on Gay Activists
July 21, 2006 News Release

Latvia: Reverse Ban on Gay Rights Demonstration
September 9, 2003 News Release

Global Progress on Banning Landmines
August 6, 2003 News Release

U.S. Punishes Latvia in Campaign Against the ICC

World Report 2018

Latvia

Daily Brief

June 20, 2018

Big day - Lots of news - Deep breath... Trump's policy of ripping children away from their parents; Looking at deaths in ICE custody; US leaving UN Human Rights Council; Hungary criminalizing assistance to migrants; Believe it or not, it's World Refugee Day; The danger that chemical weapons will become normal again; Saudi crackdown on women's rights activists; The need to investigate protester deaths in Gambia; What is the Indonesian government hiding in Papua?; and finally, some good news: new global health guidelines are a victory for transgender people.