Defending History Writer Evaldas Balčiūnas Is Found ‘Not Guilty’




22 July 2016 Defending History Eyewitness Report

VERDICT IN: EVALDAS BALČIŪNAS NOT GUILTY (AFTER 4 YEARS OF HARASSMENT AND A DOZEN 450 KM ROUND TRIPS FROM HOME — BUT COURT ALLOWS FAR RIGHT “PLAINTIFF” 20 DAYS TO APPEAL)

After years of legal harassment, Evaldas Balčiūnas is found “not guilty” of — telling the truth. He has protested his country’s government continuing to use state funds to honor Nazi collaborators and Holocaust perpetrators. Photo: Julius Norwilla for DH.

Vilnius DH team came 0ut to support Evaldas Balčiūnas, on Friday, 22 July 2016 at Vilnius County Court.


Related: Glorification of collaborators in Eastern Europe;public shrines in Lithuania; Evaldas Balčiūnas in DH

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