media – Minority database on Latvia

Draft amendment to the Pre-election Campaign Law, 2020

To supplement the law with a Section 5.1, to read as follows: “Section 5.1. The Language of the Pre-election Campaign The pre-election campaigning, the expenses for placement of which fall under expenses subject to restrictions for the amount of pre-election campaign expenses, as provided by law, shall be made in the official language only.” To … Continue reading

2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (excerpts), 2020

Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from: [..] D. ARBITRARY ARREST OR DETENTION [..] ARREST PROCEDURES AND TREATMENT OF DETAINEES [..] Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) reported that the information sheets often used dense, legalistic language and were available only in Latvian even for detainees who spoke Russian as a first language. … Continue reading

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: Background and U.S.-Baltic Relations (excerpts), 2020

[..] Potential Hybrid Threats In recent years, tensions between Russia and the Baltic states have been exacerbated by [..] and a Russian propaganda offensive directed at Russian speakers in the Baltic states. [..] Disinformation Campaigns and Ethnic Russians in Baltic States The presence of a large ethnic Russian population in the Baltic states is a … Continue reading

ECJ judgment in the case C-622/17 (excerpt), 2019

[..] 79. In its observations before the Court, the LRTK stated that the decision of 18 May 2016 had been taken on the ground that a programme broadcast on the channel NTV Mir Lithuania contained false information which incited hostility and hatred based on nationality against the Baltic countries concerning the collaboration of Lithuanians and … Continue reading

Constitution Protection Bureau annual public report 2018 (excerpt), 2019

Russia’s influence measures and propaganda [..] The results did, however, provide quantitative information on the representation of Latvia in Russian propaganda media, showing a long timestrategy to create a negative and hostile image of Latvia rather than a coordinated informative support to any particular political party. At the same time, it cannot be denied that … Continue reading