RIGALatvia will not appeal a European Court of Human Rights ruling that said the state had deprived ex-banker Aleksandrs Lavents of basic civil rights, including the right to a fair trial, the Cabinet said last week.Prime Minister Einars Repse said the Strasbourg court's November verdict, which found the state had violated Lavents' rights to a fair trial, liberty, security and presumption of innocence, was "right to some extent" and highlighted problems in the country's judicial system.Latvia has been heavily criticized by human rights groups at home and abroad for a series of long pretrial...
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