RIGA MARCHES | VILNIUS MARCHES | KAUNAS MARCHES | PRO-NAZI MARCHES IN EASTERN EUROPE | GLORIFICATION OF COLLABORATORS | ANTISEMITISM
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AROUND 1000 TAKE PART IN 16 MARCH CENTRAL RIGA PARADE GLORIFYING LATVIA’S WARTIME NAZI WAFFEN SS
UPDATE OF 20 MARCH: CANADA CONDEMNS EVENT
Media coverage: Delfi.lv; DPA; Haaretz; Jerusaem Post; Jüdisches Forum (video); LSM.lv; Times of Israel; Toronto Sun
Detail from the day
Petition against annual event approaches 7,000 signatures
Latvian government’s PR pamphlet for Western consumption
Background: Monica Lowenberg’s blog; DH coverage of previous years’ marches; Lowenberg’s articles in DH; Latvia section. Can people peacefully protest this march? A disturbing court ruling
Latvian participant in last month’s torchlight march in Vilnius on 16 Feb.