MEDIA RELEASE by the Lithuanian Gay League

13 October 2009 Lithuanian Conservatives will seek abolishment of EP resolution on anti-gay law The ruling conservative Christian Democrats in Lithuania have encouraged the Seimas (parliament) to fight against the European Union. Christian Democratic MP Mantas Adomėnas prepared a draft of a resolution in which he asks the government to go to the Court of

Letter of concern from Lambda Warsaw, Poland

Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to you with reference to the recently adopted the ‘Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information, which will institutionalise homophobia, and violates the right to freedom of expression and the right to be free from discrimination. I urge you to respect your obligations not

We call this project: Human arrows!

For as long as history books take us back we can read about wars and conflicts all around the globe. And the conflicts don’t seem to stop. In fact we see more and more conflicts every day. In 1999, preoccupied with questions about the fundamental nature of humanity and the most pressing issues of our

Ban on promoting any sexual relationship between minors to be added to bill

A working group created by President Dalia Grybauskaitė plans to propose that the Seimas should remove the discriminating provisions from the proposed Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information, which was condemned on an international scale. Besides that, experts believe that such a law is not needed at all.

2009 09 30 1.       Question from Mr Jensen (Denmark, SOC), On July 14 2009, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted a discriminatory law, the “Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information” overruling a presidential veto. This law bans material that “agitates” for homosexual and bisexual relations from schools or public places

The European Parliament, – having regard to international and European human rights obligations, including those contained in the UN conventions on human rights and in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950, and to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November

European Parliament stands up against anti – LGBT Lithuanian Law

The European Parliament adopted today a Resolution on the Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information, voicing its concerns and adding its support to the civil society opposing this repressive draft Law. On 14 July 2009, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted a draft Law on the protection of minors

The Guardian: Legislating gay hate in Lithuania

If the Baltic state perseveres with new homophobic laws, it has no place in the European Union How would you feel if your government tried to render you invisible? If they denied you access to healthcare or healthcare information? Isolated you from people like yourself? Prevented you from having a relaxed, fulfilling romantic life? Stigmatised

August 31, 2009 Mr. Stasys Šedbaras, chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs Dear Mr. Šedbaras: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) would like to express our deep concern that the proposed amendments to the Criminal Code XIP-668(2) and the Administrative Code XIP-667(2) will violate the human rights to freedom of expression

Letter of support from EGALITE, Belgium

To Mr. Stasys Sedbaras Chairman of the Committee of Legal Affairs of the Seimas * * * * * Dear Mr. Sedbaras, We are writing to you on behalf of EGALITE which stands for “Equality for Gays And Lesbians In The European institutions”. Our association aims at combating discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.

MEPs complain to Lithuania about proposed criminalisation of gay “propaganda”

The European Parliament Intergroup on Lesbian and Gay Rights has written to MPs in Lithuania about new legislation that aims to criminalise ‘propagation of homosexual relations’. Along with gay rights group ILGA-Europe, the MEPs said the proposed amendments are a severe limitation of freedom of speech and a breach of the principles of equality and