Human Rights Monitoring Institute

HRMI Research Director Dr. Rokas Uscila urged officers to ensure protection of rights of victims especially women and children that have suffered from their husbands and fathers.

The Committee has been established by American Bar Association and Open Society Institute.

Uncomfortably close, says the HRMI, but admits that Lithuania is not a police state yet. However, on “Question of the Day’’ Programme on the News Radio, the Director of the HRMI expressed deep concern with the violations of the right to privacy in Lithuania.

No, says the HRMI. H. Mickevičius, the HRMI Executive Director, argued the case on "At the Lunch Table" Programme on the News Radio.

Mr Mickevičius, the HRMI Executive Director, commented factual restrictions imposed on the students in the United Kingdom attempting to return to Lithuania after the summer season. Home Office officials are protracting the return of the passports, which have been requested as an attachment to work permit applications, to the young Lithuanians.