RIGA, Latvia—In this former Soviet republic, two ostensibly tongue-in-cheek challenges to the nation’s independence are causing trouble for the authors—and raising concerns about civil rights. Days after Deniss Barteckis posted an online petition calling for Latvia to join the U.S. last spring, police raided his apartment in Riga, seizing all electronic devices including his 7-year-old daughter’s tablet. That followed the Feb....

Source: Wall Street Journal August 26, 2016 21:22 UTC