by admin_HRWF | Oct 28, 2019 | Human Rights in the World
HRWF (25.10.2019) – According to the EU Observer, a Russian migrant started a hunger strike to protest the denial of his 71-year old mother-in-law’s residency permit because she was unable to pass the required Latvian language exam. The Moscow Times was cited as...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 21, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (21.10.2019) – At the OSCE/ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting held in September 2019 in Warsaw, the Latvian Human Rights Committee criticized the law adopted in June 2019 by the Latvian...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 25, 2019 | Human Rights in the World
HRWF (26.09.2019) – At the session on the rule of law of the OSCE/ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) on 24 September in Warsaw, Alexander Kuzmin of the Latvian Human Rights Committee raised the issue of the defenders of the Russian-speaking...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 10, 2018 | Human Rights in the World
Teachers in the Baltic country’s bilingual schools are transitioning into teaching mostly in Latvian. Critics worry that the reform will come at the detriment of minority students — mainly ethnic Russians. By Daiva Repeckaite DW (08.09.2018) –...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 10, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Uncategorized
Commission on International Religious Freedom, State Department provide insight By Kelsey Dallas Washington Times (28.12.2016) – http://bit.ly/2j2Osxv – When the Soviet Union was dissolved on Dec. 26, 1991, the future looked bright for faith groups....
