BEIZARAS AND LEVICKAS v. LITHUANIA

Posted on by justitia in Hate speech cases ECtHR, LGBTQ, Lithuania

Application Number 41288/15 European Court of Human Rights Two men posted a public photograph of themselves kissing on Facebook. The post went viral. It attracted around 800 comments, most of which were hateful. The national authorities did not proceed with charging the users making hateful comments, on the grounds that the couple’s ‘eccentric behaviour’ was […]

BALSYTE-LIDEIKIENE v. LITHUANIA

Posted on by justitia in Ethnic Hatred, Hate speech cases ECtHR, Lithuania

Application Number 72596/01 European Court of Human Rights The applicant was owner of a publishing company which published the Lithuanian Calendar. A complaint had been made regarding the content of the calendar which allegedly incited hatred against persons of Polish, Russian and Jewish origin. The calendar included statements which allegedly incited ethnic and national hatred. […]