On 25 April 2023, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on StateBorder and its Protection, allowing for pushbacks of irregular border-crossers under a state of emergency declared due to mass influx of irregular migrants. The amendments also introduce a figure of state-funded civil “supporter” to the Lithuanian Border Guard entitled to use violent […]
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European Commissioner for Human Rights has published a letter addressed to the Minister of the Interior of Latvia, Māris Kučinskis, criticising the continued state of emergency at the Latvian-Belarusian border and the criminalisation of the work of human rights defenders. In her letter to the Minister of the Interior, Commissioner Dunja Mijatović stresses that the
“I want to help refugees”/”Gribu palīdzēt bēgļiem” information about criminal proceedings against its representatives On 11 January 2023, a representative of “I Want to Help Refugees” Ieva Raubiško received a letter addressed to her from the European Court of Human Rights regarding the decision in the case “M.A. and others v. Latvia”. With this decision,
March – November 2017 Stories are a means of introduction, explanation and communication. Not all stories can be found in books. Often, the most interesting stories are from the people around us, and many of these could be found at Gribu palīdzēt bēgļiem’s Living Library. Eleven events took place within two years, in which people
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