Integration monitor

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.

June 17, 2013

  • Parliament of Unrepresented held its first session

Vesti Segodnya reports about the first session of the Parliament of Unrepresented held on 15 June. Members of the Parliament set its main goal – to restore the non-citizens their rights of which they were deprived. The Parliament decided to form seven committees – committee on counting of damage caused to non-citizens due to deprived civil rights; committee on granting non-citizens voting rights in local elections; committee against linguistic discrimination; committee on establishing a museum of achievements of Soviet Latvia; committee of foreign affairs; and committee of ethics. The Parliament also planned to prepare appeals to the President of Latvia, the Saeima, the government and local governments.

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