Equality and Diversity Award winners. Photo: Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson
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Tolerance and awareness-promoting initiatives honoured with Equality and Diversity Awards

The annual Equality and Diversity Awards were handed out on Monday to celebrate projects and initiatives that contributed to advancing human rights and tolerance in Lithuania in 2015. […]

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Reporters call on president to veto restrictions to reporting on court cases

Lithuanian reporters have asked the country’s president to veto a law that introduces penalties for reporting on non-open trial procedures. […]

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Anti-refugee initiative dealt major setback in Lithuania

A public activist group against the resettlement of refugees in Lithuania failed to collect a sufficient number of signatures to force the Seimas to consider repealing last autumn’s decision to lay the groundwork for participation in the European Union‘s refugee resettlement program. […]

Chris Kline (left) in Ain Sifni, cemetery in north Iraq. Photo KTU
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US war journalist Chris Kline: Danger was an occupational hazard

US reporter Chris Kline shares his story about becoming a war journalist and the unexpected consequences of this choice. […]