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The European Court of Human Rights has handed down a significant ruling in the case of Macatė v. Lithuania, which concerns the distribution of a children’s book of fairy tales featuring same-sex relationships.  The book’s distribution was halted soon after its publication in 2013 and resumed a year later only after being labelled as potentially …

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On 7 July 2022, the Lithuanian Seimas Ombudsperson’s Office released a report on implementation of the rights and liberties of people held in the Medininkai Foreigners’ Registration Center (Medininkai FRC). Medininkai FRC houses some of the irregular migrants and asylum seekers who crossed the Lithuanian-Belarusian border in 2021 and were de facto detained.    Prolonged …

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International interactive youth event “Active Youth against Hate Speech” 9 June, 2022, Vilnius, Lithuania   Human Rights Monitoring Institute in cooperation with partners across Europe is inviting active young people, aged 16-30, to participate in an interactive international event. A workshop “Active Youth against Hate Speech” will be held on 9 June in Vilnius, at …

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International interactive youth event “Active Youth against Hate Speech” 30 May, Kaunas, Lithuania   Human Rights Monitoring Institute in cooperation with partners across Europe is inviting active young people, aged 16-30, to participate in an interactive international event. A workshop “Active Youth against Hate Speech” will be held on 30 May, 2022 in Kaunas, at …

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