The number of stateless individuals remained high; ethnic minorities continued to face discrimination. Legislative developments to improve LGBTI rights slowed. A government minister attempted to limit funding to NGOs working on equality and gender issues.

As the European Court of Human Rights considers a landmark case on climate change brought by six young people from Portugal against 33 European countries, Amnesty International and other human rights organizations and academics have intervened in the case today. They have provided the Court with...

Europe: Mass protests provide hope as rights and judicial independence eroded People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to avoid accountability, Amnesty International said...

Amnesty International has welcomed a Lithuanian court decision to allow Saturday’s 2010 Baltic Pride march in Vilnius to go ahead.The Supreme Administrative Court decided on Friday that the event could take place, two days after an earlier ruling by a lower court suspending it. The march is...

Amnesty International has condemned the suspension by a Lithuanian court of the 2010 Baltic Pride march, which was set to take place in the capital Vilnius on Saturday.The city’s administrative court on Wednesday agreed to an application by the Lithuanian Interim Attorney General to temporarily...

Amnesty International has called on the Lithuanian President, Dalia Grybauskaite, to ensure that the 2010 Baltic Pride march goes ahead on 8 May despite a new attempt to have it banned. A Vilnius court is to rule tomorrow on a request by the country’s Interim Attorney General to ban the march on...

The Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday 16 May in Riga, Latvia, will go ahead after a ban against the event was lifted on Friday morning. Riga City Council (RCC) had revoked permission for the march, organized by the Latvian organization Mozaika, the Lithuanian Gay League, and Estonian...

The planned Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday in Riga, Latvia, has been banned. Riga City Council (RCC) revoked permission for the march, organized by the Latvian organization Mozaika, the Lithuanian Gay League, and Estonian Gay Youth. The organizers have complained to the courts and...