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Lithuanian psychiatrist and human rights defender Dainius Pūras has been selected by the UN Human Rights Council as the new UN special rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Despite the wave of protests that took place ten years ago, patients in Czech psychiatric hospitals are still locked up in cages and tied to beds. The Mental Disability Advocacy Center and the League of Human Rights issued a study about the situation.
The Hellenic League for Human Rights presents a major survey concerning public awareness on human rights issues in Greece, available exclusively on TheTOC.gr.
Prior to the International Day against Drug Abuse (June 26), Vice published an article on the life of heroin addicts in Romania. These people are marginalized by society, rejected by families, ignored by medical staff...
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a French law from 2010 that bans the wearing of full-face veils in public. The law, which prohibits the wearing in public spaces of any clothing intended to cover one's...
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According to the global index of anti-Semitism published by the Anti-Defamation League, Lithuania occupies 40th place (36%) out of 102 countries. Anti-Semitism is least prevalent in the states with the lowest...
In a victory for the protection of detainees' rights, the Court of Human Rights has ruled that a Bulgarian inmate's rights were violated when the state denied him access to education.
It has come to light that the Special Investigation Service had been recording the telephone conversations of 17 Baltic News Service journalists. A Vilnius district court judge permitted Secret Services agents to...
Romania is taking steps toward implementing a truly independent National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in a way that would circumvent transparency and civil society input.
Front Line Defenders has launched a number of videos for its campaign to denounce attacks on human rights defenders around the world. The Spanish case focuses on how the state has responded to social protests: with...
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