On Friday, 15 February 2013, the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) lodged a complaint before the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court against the unilateral decision by the Vilnius City Municipality to relocate the Baltic Pride 2013 March for Equality from the central avenue in the downtown of Vilnius to rather isolated and inaccessible area on the riverbank.
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Amnesty International wrote to the Mayor of Vilnius to express its deep concerns with regard to the restrictions imposed by Vilnius municipal authorities on the Baltic Pride 2013, whose march is planned to take place on 27 July on the main city avenue. Amnesty International believes that the restrictions imposed by the Vilnius municipality authorities
At a press conference held today in Vilnius, Efraim Zuroff, director and coordinator of Nazi war crimes research worldwide at the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem, condemned neo-Nazi marches planned this winter in the Baltic States, one of which will take place in Kaunas tomorrow on Lithuania’s Independence Day. To arguments that banning such
On Thursday last week the Board Chair of the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) Vladimir Simonko took part on the TV debate “Public Forum”. The topic of the broadcasted debate focused on whether homosexuals should be granted with additional civil and political rights. The heated debated has attracted significant public attention. The participants in the talk
Despite positive developments towards same-sex marriage legislation in France and United Kingdom, Lithuania is not going to follow the similar pattern. lrytas.lt reports that the current Minister of Justice Juozas Bernatonis have no intentions of proposing a bill on same-sex marriage. It seems that the Ministry of Justice has no interest in proposing legislation on
On 23 January 2013 the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) has submitted a request for the Deputy Director of Administration of Vilnius City Municipality to initiate a new approval procedure with regard to the Baltic Pride March on 27 July 2013. The organization is of the position that the unilateral decision by the municipal authorities to
This week the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) was accepted as a participant in the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP). This is a network for cooperation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and civil society organizations. Taking part in this platform implies that the LGL will be able to get first-hand information on FRA’s
The MP Petras Gražulis, who is currently in the governing coalition, will seek to prohibit ‘homosexual propaganda’ in Lithuania anew. According to the MP, it will be his response to the March for Equality in Vilnius, which is organized by the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) in July, 2013. Mr. Gražulis is planning to propose a
Last Friday the LGL logged a notification to the Vilnius City Municipality on the planned date, time and location of the upcoming Baltic Pride 2013 March for Equality in Vilnius. The March for Equality is planned to take place on 27 July 2013 (Saturday) on the main avenue, i.e. Gediminas Avenue, in the downtown of
15min.lt reports that the LGBT March for Equality might become one of highlights in the beginning of the Lithuanian EU Presidency in the second half of 2013. The Baltic Pride 2013 March is scheduled in July, 2013, i.e. immediately after Lithuania takes over the EU Presidency. According to Vladimir Simonko, the Board Chair of the
According to the new Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights (CHR) in the Lithuanian Parliament Leonard Talmont, the issue of legal recognition of same-sex relationships is way too controversial for the Lithuanian society. In the interview with the internet news service alfa.lt the new Chairman has expressed his skepticisms about same-sex marriage based on
Delfi.lt reports that Lithuanians perceive discrimination against people with mental disabilities, the elderly, people with physical disabilities and LGBT individuals as the most widespread in the society. These results have been indicated by a public opinion survey, booked by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI). The results indicate that perception levels on discrimination against ethnic