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Lithuanian MPs Attempt to Curtail the Media’s Right to Criticize Politicians

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On 8 December, Lithuanian MPs unanimously voted to amend the country’s Civil Code to limit the right to criticize public figures. With such decision, Lithuanian parliament significantly curtailed freedom of speech and media freedom in the country. However, following concerns raised by the journalists, lawyers and NGOs, on 19 December the Lithuanian President vetoed the law, …

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Less Than One in Ten Opt to Defend Their Rights in Lithuania

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According to Lithuanians, the most-violated right in 2016 was the right to fair trial. This follows the trend of 2012 and 2014. The right to privacy was the second-most violated right, while the right to participate in political life had the least amount of violations associated with it. Sufficient info There was a slight increase …

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Fairy Tale Author Scores First Victory Against Lithuania’s LGBT* Censorship Law

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Neringa Mikalauskienė, author of the fairy tale collection “Amber Heart,” won her first battle – the courts will now have to re-examine whether fairy tales with homosexual characters can be considered harmful to minors, or whether they simply promote tolerance for gay people. The Supreme Court of Lithuania quashed the judgments of the Vilnius District …

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Eurobarometer: Lithuanians tend to justify sexual and psychological violence

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Lithuanians are most likely in the European Union (EU) to justify sexual and psychological violence in intimate partnership, shows the Eurobarometer survey. More than a quarter of Lithuanian population believes that forcing a partner to have sex should not be prohibited by law. This is the highest rate throughout the EU. “Code of Silence” “There …

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The Privacy Paradox and Europe’s Way Forward on Data Protection

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At the Digital Rights Forum 2016, experts discussed the preparedness of companies to implement the General Data Protection Regulation and debated whether we really know what type of data protection people actually need. “We had to update the regulatory regime concerning data protection to keep pace with technological challenges,” claimed EU Commission representative Paulo Silva, …

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New studies find low awareness of data protection among Lithuanian business and public

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Two new research studies, released by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI), discuss perceptions of Lithuanian public towards the right to data protection and the readiness of Lithuanian business to implement the EU data protection reform. “The Privacy Paradox: the Lithuanian Public’s Perceptions of Data Protection”. HRMI collaborated with “Spinter research” and carried out a representative survey …

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Youth activists come together at OSCE/ODIHR workshop to identify strategies to effectively counter hate crime

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HRMI Project Coordinator Kristina Normantaitė together with twenty other youth activists from across the OSCE region participated in a workshop on countering hate crime organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 25 to 27 September 2016 in Warsaw. During the training, held on the margins of the annual Human …

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Let’s Stop Discriminating, Since All Families Are Equally Important

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In response to Lithuanian politicians’ efforts to restrict the legal definition of what a family is, three NGOs organized a social campaign under the slogan “All Families Are Equally Important.” Julita, a single mother; granny Tamara, who raised her granddaughter by herself; Julija and Gintarė, two classy ladies living together as a family; these and …

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