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Riga Council in civil rights attack

Mar 10, 2010
Staff and wire reports

Tradition denied: The WWII Latvian Legion Day commemoration will have to find another venue, as Riga City Council has agreed to block all assemblies from gathering around the Freedom Monument on March 16. This traditional center-point of activities is being made off-limits due to security concerns, claim council members. This excuse, however, doesn’t hold water, as the event has been held for years under tight security with few disturbances, allowing the war veterans and others to exercise their rights in commemorating wartime duties and efforts.
RIGA - Riga Mayor Nils Usakovs (Harmony Center - in photo to right) says he will not be ordering any re-review of the decision made last week banning all scheduled assemblies at the Freedom Monument March 16, the traditional WWII Latvian Legion Day commemorating Latvian soldiers’ struggle to rid Latvia of Soviet Red Army forces. The municipality said it had arrived at the decision based on conclusions drawn by the state police and Security Police about a serious threat to public order d ...

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