Monica Lowenberg’s Petition to the Lithuanian Ambassador to the UK, HE Asta...
The text of Monica Lowenberg’s petition that appeared today on Change.org. To sign please visit:...
View ArticleWhy Monica Lowenberg’s Petition Is So Important
O P I N I O N Londoner Monica Lowenberg, who has done so much, with a petition and via press coverage, to keep on Britain’s political agenda the Latvian government-blessed Waffen-SS parades in Riga...
View ArticleOn Free Speech at University College London
O P I N I O N by Monica Lowenberg The following letter to the provost of University College London was released for publication today by Ms. Lowenberg’s office. To the Provost Dear Professor Grant,...
View ArticleWithin Days of Monica Lowenberg’s Petition, Vilnius Municipality Tries to...
Several days after Monica Lowenberg’s petition was presented to the Lithuanian embassy in London, one of the petition’s points was partly acted on, at least as far as a press release goes, by a...
View ArticleEnd of the World. And the Day After …
O P I N I O N by Monica Lowenberg It is the 24th of December 2012, three days after the announced end of the world. I am sitting at my desk drinking a cup of a tea. No … Continue reading →
View ArticleA Tale of Two Marches? LGBT Equality Releases Statement on Authorities’...
LGBT Equality (the LGL — Lithuanian Gay League) today issued a statement on its website concerning the progress of the application to the Vilnius municipality to hold the Baltic Pride 2013 March for...
View ArticleLithuanian Supreme Court Upholds Algirdas Paleckis Verdict in...
The small courtroom in the building of the Lithuanian Supreme Court a few yards away from the nation’s Seimas, or parliament, was packed with journalists and mostly older generation nationalist...
View ArticleUS Researcher is Persuaded that the Problem in Lithuania is called “Zuroff...
O P I N I O N by Dovid Katz The blog Christine Beresniova and Rokas Beresniovas recently published the article “A lamentable absence of sexy scandals.” We will refrain from comment on their...
View ArticleLGBT Equality Protests Removal of July 2013 March from Vilnius’s Central...
LGBT Equality (the LGL — Lithuanian Gay League) today issued a statement on its website urging the Vilnius municipality to change its heart over a decision to ban the Baltic Pride march from the...
View ArticleCommittee on Human Rights Leaders “Skeptical” about Gay Rights!
O P I N I O N by Anna Shepherd Westerners looking at the political landscape of Lithuania should not be duped into thinking, as has been stated on this site before, that those sitting on a board for...
View ArticleHundreds of Neo-Nazis March Through the Center of Kaunas on Independence Day
O P I N I O N / E Y E W I T N E S S R E P O R T by Dovid Katz NOTE: A personal word of thanks to journalist Nerijus Povilaitis for graciously … Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Real Dope on the February 16 Neo-Nazi March in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania
O P I N I O N by Geoff Vasil Readers and supporters of Defending History likely realize there is a diversity of opinion and views held by contributors (made explicit on the About us page), and in...
View ArticleEvaldas Balčiūnas Remembers February 16th 2013 March in Central Kaunas
E Y E W I T N E S S R E P O R T / O P I N I O N by Evaldas Balčiūnas Editor’s note: This adapted translation from the Lithuanian original, by Geoff Vasil, … Continue reading →
View Article3,000 Neo-Nazi Marchers on Gedimino Boulevard in Central Vilnius on 2013...
E Y E W I T N E S S R E P O R T / O P I N I O N by Anna Shepherd Photos by Anna Shepherd; they may be reproduced with … Continue reading →
View ArticleStrength Through Joy “Hitler Youth” Events Sponsored by the City of Vilnius...
E Y E W I T N E S S R E P O R T / O P I N I O N by Geoff Vasil This March 11, the day in 1990 when the Supreme Soviet … Continue reading →
View ArticleSummary Coverage of Neo-Nazi March in Central Vilnius on March 11th 2013
March 11th 2013 Independence Day: City Mounted Wholesome Family Event on Main Boulevard, but it was Followed by a Massive Neo-Nazi March; There were Few Protesters NATION’S PARLIAMENT HONORS THE...
View ArticleUpside-Down World? Neo-Nazi March Assisted by Police on Central Boulevard,...
O P I N I O N Officially speaking, the annual neo-Nazi march on Lithuania’s independence day earlier this month, complete with swastikas, sieg heils and white power jackets, had been “moved” by the...
View Article“Mixed” Court Ruling Leaves Uncertainty on Venue for Baltic Pride 2013 Parade...
.LGL released the following statement in For LGBT Equality earlier today The Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) today partially won its appeal against the decision of the Vilnius City Municipality to disallow...
View ArticleSeventy Years Declaration (SYD) Website is Launched
The new SYD-dedicated website www.SeventyYearsDeclaration.org was launched today. The website marks a new phase in the international effort to halt the progress of the East European far right’s “Double...
View ArticleUK’s Minister for Europe Refuses to Criticize Baltic Glorification of Nazism
British Foreign Office on Latvia’s National Waffen SS Fest: Minister for Europe Enters the Fray; Of Churchill’s Party, He Seems to Forget Great Britain’s Heroism in Bringing Down Hitler and — Scourge...
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