"The country’s most significant human rights problems were poor prison conditions, intolerance of sexual and ethnic minorities, and lengthy detention of persons awaiting trial," reads the document reviewing the 2011 situation.
According to the report, additional problems include interference with the privacy of people, domestic violence, child abuse, libel and anti-discrimination laws that limited freedom of expression, and people trafficking.
The US Department of State said prison and detention center conditions did not meet international standards, some prisons were overcrowded. The report is based on the critical assessment provided by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).
"While there was no official discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) persons, society’s attitude towards homosexuality remained largely negative," the department said.
The document also indicates anti-Semitic statements, particularly online, in addition to anti-Semitic attacks. The report said the government declared 2011 to be the Year of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania in an effort to promote Holocaust education in schools and preserve Vilnius’ Jewish cemetery.
The report also describes nationalist rally with racist and xenophobic slogans, problems the local Romani community is faced with and the complaints filed by the Polish community.
