Free Speech Emergency in Latvia

Drošības policija Latvijā cenšas atjaunot totalitārismu, liedzot cilvēkiem tiesības uz vārda brīvību. The Security Police in Latvia are renewing totalitarianism by denying people their freedom of speech

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Latvian editor faces order to reveal sources in a closed court hearing

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Edgars Kupčs, the deputy editor of a regional newspaper, Zemgales Ziņas, has been summoned to a closed court hearing at the Jelgava distri...

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Friday, November 15, 2013

Fear and Loathing in Latvia (or among its media)

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Fear and loathing in Latvia? The borrowed phrase from the late Hunter Thompson may be just what fits the situation. Moreover, the “situati...

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

UPDATED Uproar over BNS in Lithuania, strange silence over police actions in Latvia

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There is shit going down in the Baltics and everyone reading this (yeah, the both of you and the lady who stumbled in here from the blog n...

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Taking away the Latvian public' s right to choose what they see in public

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I’m no fan of swastikas and hammers and sickles. I would avoid a public event where lots of either were present. Then again, I ...

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Some belated (unpublished) thoughts on the March 16 events in Latvia

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This was submitted to a major international publication, but didn't fit into what it needed (also, perhaps, it was a ...

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Juris Kaža: I am a Latvian American journalist living in Latvia. I specialize in IT and telecommunications.

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