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Project "Say NO to hate speech" implemented in Riga

Project "Say NO to hate speech" implemented in Riga

From March to October 2017, Latvian Centre for Human Rights in cooperation with experts from Participation Platform organised 10 training seminars for young people and one training seminar for teachers on intolerance and hate speech. The trainings were organised in the framework of a project “Say NO to hate speech” co-funded by the Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council in the framework of the Society integration programme.  

Published : 2017-11-13 Read more...

Results of foreign student and migrant survey on manifestations of intolerance in Latvia

Results of foreign student and migrant survey on manifestations of intolerance in Latvia

September and October 2016, Latvian Centre for Human Rights (LCHR) conducted a survey of foreign students and migrants on manifestations of intolerance (hate speech, hate crimes, etc.) in Latvia. For that purpose, NGOs working with migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, and their representatives were interviewed, and an anonymous online survey was conducted among foreign students in Latvia.

Published : 2017-05-10 Read more...

Training for civil servants “Migration, Development and Human Rights” launched in Riga

Training for civil servants “Migration, Development and Human Rights” launched in Riga

The Latvian Centre for Human Rights in cooperation with the Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council launched four-days training for civil servants “Migration, Development and Human Rights.” The training is implemented within the Project “AMITIE CODE – Awareness on MIgration, developmenT and human rIghts through local partnership – Capitalizing On DEvelopment”. Similar trainings to be organised also in other project partners ‘countries – Italy, Spain, Germany, France and Portugal.

Published : 2016-05-10 Read more...