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March 19, 2020

Exiled Tajik Activist Brutally Attacked in Lithuania

This week, two men attacked and injured a Tajik activist living in exile in Lithuania, the latest in a long line of what appear to be politically-motivated attacks on critics of the Tajikistan government.

Europe/Central Asia

March 19, 2020 Dispatches

Exiled Tajik Activist Brutally Attacked in Lithuania

Vladislav Lobanov
Senior Research Assistant, Europe and Central Asia Division
Terrorism / Counterterrorism

May 31, 2018 News Release

Lithuania/Romania: Ruling Highlights CIA Torture Complicity
Children's Rights

June 20, 2016 Commentary

Assuring Lithuania’s UN Legacy

Bede Sheppard
Deputy Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: The Lithuania Tribune

News

March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis
September 18, 2015 News Release

Lithuania: Latvian Activist Barred From Visiting
June 11, 2015 News Release

Lithuania: Include Same-Sex Couples in Partnership Bill
June 10, 2015 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to the Lithuanian Minister of Justice Regarding Equal Rights in Relationship Legislation
January 21, 2014 News Release

EU: Much Talk on Rights, Few Results
June 25, 2013 News Release

Lithuania: Reopen Investigation Into Secret CIA Prisons
January 31, 2013 News Release

EU: Human Rights Sidelined Amid Crisis
October 17, 2012 Commentary

‘Traditional Values’ code for human rights abuse?

Graeme Reid
Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Published In: CNN.com
September 1, 2010 Impact

Defending LGBT Rights Worldwide
December 8, 2009 News Release

Lithuania: Reject Homophobic Law Proposal
December 7, 2009 Letter

Letter to the Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture of the Seimas
July 13, 2009 News Release

Lithuania: Don’t Revive Censorship Law

Daily Brief

March 27, 2020

Worries about a new crackdown against protest movement in Hong Kong; Egypt's bad coronavirus response; Mexico should deliver accurate COVID-19 information to its citizens; Rohingya refugees and homeless people at risk during pandemic; what we can learn from Congo's ebola fight; and 'Crip Camp' and the birth of the disability rights movement in the United States.