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Interactive online seminar “Discrimination, hate crimes/hate speech: what can I do?"

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Interactive online seminar “Discrimination, hate crimes/hate speech: what can I do?"

Latvian Centre for Human Rights and foundation "Make Room" is inviting newcomers living in Latvia to an interactive session “Discrimination, hate crimes/hate speech: what can I do?”  Topic: During two hour interactive awareness session you will find out what is discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes and what to do in these cases.  When: 11 March  2021, 12.00  - 14.00 Where: ZOOM (the link will be sent to the registered participants) Working language: English Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwElwPUGMUOVo-EOAAYVh2gvw8c3ECxXV_c6mTxFcQk7VMDQ/viewform Registration open until 10 March The session is organised by “Latvian Centre for Human Rights” in partnership with Foundation “Make Room” in the framework of a project “On the way to more tolerant society - awareness, education, support and cooperation”The project is funded by the Island, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA / Norwegian grant programme "Active Citizens Fund"

Published : 2022-02-17 Read more...

First EUact local event for young people happened on 28 September in Riga

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First EUact local event for young people happened on 28 September in Riga

The event gathered Latvian and international participants. During whole day event participants discovered the hate speech phenomena, it impact and consequences, debated about the freedom of speech, its role and possible restrictions, discussed important cultural, social, political issues on local and European level related to hate speech, learned about various Latvian and EU initiatives for combating hate speech and how each of us can promote tolerance and human rights, and created own recommendations or message for prevention of hate speech addressed to other young people, local authorities and the EU.

Published : 2021-09-29 Read more...

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