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"en.20110119.20.3-401-500"2
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"I support this resolution, which calls on the Lithuanian Parliament to reject draft legislation that seeks to punish the ‘public promotion of homosexual relations’ with fines. This EP resolution follows a series of worrying events such as the adoption of the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information, the attempted prohibition by local authorities on holding equality and gay pride marches, and the use by leading politicians and parliamentarians of inflammatory or threatening language and hate speech. A recent EU Fundamental Rights Agency report concludes that ‘The amendments could potentially criminalise almost any public expression or portrayal of, or information about, homosexuality’. These draft amendments would certainly seem to contravene Lithuania’s obligations under its own Constitution, the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. I note the firm stand taken on several occasions by the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, denouncing draft homophobic legislation as being harmful for Lithuanian citizens and the image of Lithuania, and encourage the President to veto the amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences should they be approved."@en1
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