"This is another example of a gross violation of the rights of the media and the suppression of alternative opinions in the country", - stated in the post of the mission, published on Twitter.
Qasem was detained upon arrival at Vilnius airport with the phrase “threat to national security”.
In turn, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Dmitry Novikov, commenting on the incident, said that Lithuanian politicians are acting against the interests of their own citizens.