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Lithuania to Officially Observe Roma Genocide Remembrance Day

July 04, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The Lithuanian Parliament has approved a proposal to include the Roma Genocide Remembrance Day (2 August) to the list of observable special occasions. On 2 August 1944 the Roma concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was destroyed, with all the prison...
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- Lithuania
- genocide
- Roma people
- nazis
Top Brands Express Support for Lithuanian LGBT Community

June 12, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

Baltic Pride took place in Lithuania last week, with famous brands coming out in support of the Lithuanian LGBT community, including: Ecodenta, IKEA, the MO museum, Ozas, Red Bull, Swedbank, Švyturys GO Nealkoholinis, Telia Lithuania and Vilnius Univer...
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Resolution Welcoming LGBT+ People Fails Before Baltic Pride

May 31, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

With the Baltic Pride March for Equality, which will take place in Vilnius on 8 June, fast approaching, T. Raskevičius, member of the Vilnius City Council and a human rights activist, proposed a Council resolution welcoming the LGBT community. The reso...
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Court: Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson Made Right Call on Limited Accessibility Clinic

May 24, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

A clinic in a major Lithuanian city has taken the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson to court in response to it finding the clinic to not be properly accessible to people of limited mobility. However, the judges dismissed the lawsuit, stating that the li...
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- Lithuania
- people with disabilities
3 in 4 Lithuanians Approve of LGBT Lifestyles

April 16, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

A 2018 study has revealed that one in four Lithuanians think that LGBT people should not be free to live how they want. Also, half of respondents would feel uncomfortable if a LGBT person lived in their neighbourhood. The study also highlighted a parad...
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- Lithuania
- LGBT
- LGBTI
- hate crime
- call it hate
Lithuania the Only EU Country Without any Female Ministers in the Government

April 11, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

Now that the President has finally appointed a Minister of the Environment, the Lithuanian cabinet is once again made up solely of men. Currently Lithuania is the only EU state without a single female minister. The Equal Opportunities Ombudswoman descr...
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Lithuanian Parliament Allows Individual Appeals to Constitutional Court

March 27, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The Lithuanian parliament has approved amendments allowing natural persons in Lithuania to petition the Constitutional Court directly. People will be able to go to the Constitutional Court directly to request judicial review of laws and acts of Parliam...
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Lithuanian MP Cleared of Sexually Harassing Female Applicants

March 20, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

In 2018, former Lithuanian MP K. Pūkas was accused of improperly possessing weapons and sexually harassing women who applied to work as his assistant. The women claimed that during their job interviews Pūkas made suggestive remarks and improper offers ...
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Women March in Solidarity in Vilnius

March 19, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

Women marched in solidarity in Vilnius on 8 March to bring attention to issues surrounding women’s rights in Lithuania, including widespread sexual harassment and systematic exploitation. According to the organisers of the march, this year’s focus was ...
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Lithuanian TV To Help People with Hearing and Visual Impairments

January 29, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) has announced the launch of a series that is specially adapted for the visually impaired. This is the first project in Lithuania with a special soundtrack for the blind and partially sighted. For example, ...
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