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Russia s prosecution of Lithuanian judges put on EP agenda
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Hearing of the January 13 case / BNS
European lawmakers will discuss responses to Russia s ongoing prosecution of the Lithuanian judges who heard the high-profile January 13 case.
The issue has been put on the agenda of the joint March 18 meeting of the European Parliament s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Rasa Juknevičienė, a substitute member of the LIBE committee, has confirmed to BNS.
The meeting should be attended by the Lithuanian justice minister, as well as representatives of the Judicial Council, Prosecutor General s Office, INTERPOL, the European Commission, and Eurojust.
Lithuania to ask Interpol to protect Vilnius judges prosecuted by Russia
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Russian flag (associative image) / AP
Lithuania will ask Interpol to reject Russia s request to prosecute Lithuanian judges, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday.
Russia s Investigative Committee said earlier on Monday that it had brought charges in absentia against three Lithuanian judges for delivering “a deliberately wrongful” sentence against more than 50 Russian citizens in the mass trial related to the Soviet crackdown on civilians in Vilnius in January 1991.
“[Interior] Minister Agnė Bilotaitė and I have agreed that the Interior Ministry will turn to Interpol with a warning to categorically reject any Russian request to unlawfully prosecute Lithuanian officials,” Foreign Minister Landsbergis told BNS.