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.

• Latvian Human Rights Committee has sent a letter to the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers with an appeal to support a proposal to grant non-citizens voting rights in municipal elections

Yesterday, the Latvian Human Rights Committee (LHRC) has sent a letter to the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers with an appeal to support a proposal to grant non-citizens voting rights in municipal elections. The LHRC expressed its belief that the President would be able to explain to the residents of Latvia that allowing non-citizens to participate in municipal elections would not cause conflict between state and municipalities but would ease interethnic tensions.

Yesterday, the Latvian Human Rights Committee (LHRC) has sent a letter to the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers with an appeal to support a proposal to grant non-citizens voting rights in municipal elections. The LHRC expressed its belief that the President would be able to explain to the residents of Latvia that allowing non-citizens to participate in municipal elections would not cause conflict between state and municipalities but would ease interethnic tensions. Vesti Segodnya