Posts Tagged ‘ Baltic States ’

Baltic Pride Suspended

May 5, 2010
By Stephen
Baltic Pride Suspended

News in today is that the Baltic Pride Festival March has been suspended pending the outcome of a court case. From the Baltic Pride facebook: Wednesday morning Vilnius District Administrative Court announced it will concider the request by interim Attorney General Raimondas Petrauskas and member of Kaunas city council Stanislovas Buskevicius to revoke the permit of Vilnius municipality to hold LGBT march “For Equality”. Until the verdict is reached, the court suspended the permit as a temporary security measure....

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Baltic Pride

May 4, 2010
By Stephen
Baltic Pride

More astute readers of the blog will notice the new advert on the top of the blog. This is to support one of the Campaigns of Amnesty International Denmark. Next Saturday May 8th Baltic Pride is set take place in Vilnius, Lithuania. This will be the first Pride in Vilnius. So why is there a campaign? Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Baltic States are facing obstacles to holding their annual Pride march in the Lithuanian...

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