Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

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An annual report by the US Department of State on the observance of human rights world-wide contains a positive assessment of the human rights situation in Latvia. The report says that the Latvian Government has been observing basic human rights of the country's inhabitants. The document recommends to the police and other forces of the Ministry of the Interior to exclude "the excessive use of force toward detained individuals and convicts. The report recognizes tangible progress achieved by the CID still pointing at separate unlawful decisions adopted by the Department. The Department of State also criticizes Latvian authorities for having kept refugees in the Olaine camp without an appropriate court verdict. Among positive developments the report names the establishment of the Constitutional Court and the adoption of the law on the State Human Rights Office giving the Office an independent status. The upcoming exchange of old USSR passports for non-citizens' passports has also received a positive evaluation by the Department of State. The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes the report to be an unbiased survey of the situation in Latvia.

An annual report by the US Department of State on the observance of human rights world-wide contains a positive assessment of the human rights situation in Latvia. The report says that the Latvian Government has been observing basic human rights of the country's inhabitants. The document recommends to the police and other forces of the Ministry of the Interior to exclude "the excessive use of force toward detained individuals and convicts. The report recognizes tangible progress achieved by the CID still pointing at separate unlawful decisions adopted by the Department. The Department of State also criticizes Latvian authorities for having kept refugees in the Olaine camp without an appropriate court verdict. Among positive developments the report names the establishment of the Constitutional Court and the adoption of the law on the State Human Rights Office giving the Office an independent status. The upcoming exchange of old USSR passports for non-citizens' passports has also received a positive evaluation by the Department of State. The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes the report to be an unbiased survey of the situation in Latvia. Diena