Not enough MPs turned up to vote for a new equality law in the Lithuanian parliament and the legislation will have to be rescheduled. In total eight MPs voted against, 17 abstained and 59 MPs have voted in favour of a proposal to include sexual orientation, age, disability and religion as grounds of prohibited discrimination into
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Yesterday Republic of Lithuania Seimas (parliament) after holding discussions approved the draft law amending Law on Equal Opportunities No. XP-2384 (6*) EU), containing the amendments passed during the meeting. During the discussions, the proposal made by MP Egidijus Klumbys was approved, by which the concept “on the basis of age, sexual orientation, social status, disability,
In its 2008 report on the state of human rights worldwide, Amnesty said: “Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) peoples’ human rights were not respected and several LGBT events were cancelled in a discriminatory manner. (The Lithuanian) parliament also discussed banning information which would put homosexuality in a positive light to minors.” The report also
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) peoples’ human rights were not respected. Several LGBT events were cancelled in a discriminatory manner and parliament discussed banning information which would put homosexuality in a positive light to minors. On 21 May, the mayor of Vilnius, Juozas Imbrasas, refused permission for a European Union (EU) sponsored anti-discrimination truck
Artūras Tereškinas A foreign observer visiting Lithuania would be puzzled: on March 11, 2008, Lithuanian neo-Nazis marched the streets of Vilnius with no official permit or interruption from the police, shouting xenophobic and anti-Semitic slogans. Yet other social groups, most notably gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT), have not had this freedom. The Council of
An initiative of LGL, this publication is based on a desire to change the way LGBT is often presented in the media. A pilot initiative with the potential to grow, it constitutes a toolkit for LGBT activists and media professionals alike, on how to work with each other in the best possible way. The fundamental
Any peaceful demonstrations, including those of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals, cannot be prohibited just because some people are hostile to their rights. The state’s responsibility is to guarantee that all legally organized demonstrations are peaceful, Lietuvos rytas daily reported. These were the sentiments expressed by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg
As reported by DEFLI.ee based on Eesti Ekspress information, a group of mayors joined the address, in which the support for the sexual minorities’ right to hold meetings and self-expression was expressed. As many as fifteen cities signed the address, including the mayors of Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Barcelona. J. Imbrasas said he had
The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) and the international consultancy company COWI are responsible for conducting the study which result will be a comprehensive, comparative report on the current situation regarding homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the 27 EU Member States. The study is commissioned by the European Union Agency
The first European conference on Multiple Discrimination was held in Elsinore, Denmark on 6-7 December 2007. The conference brought together over 100 participants representing Ministry officials, representatives of the National Equality Bodies, Social Partners, NGOs and experts working in the field of anti-discrimination. All participants took active part in the plenary discussions and roundtable sessions.
Representatives of sexual minorities feel unsafe in Lithuania, because being a gay or lesbian in this country means living under continuous risk to your health and even life. This disturbing news reached the world yesterday when participants of the Annual Conference of the European Branch of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) held in
Legal analysis and evaluation of Vilnius City Municipality Administration’s refusal to issue the Lithuanian Gay League permission to hold the We Are for All Colours of the Rainbow public event Background On October 4 of this year, public organisation Lithuanian Gay League submitted a notification to Vilnius City Municipality regarding organisation of the We Are