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In Latvia's capital Riga, thousands of people have once again protested against the country's exit from the Istanbul Convention for the Protection of Women.
Several thousand people gathered in Riga's Old Town Cathedral Square on Wednesday evening to protest against Latvia's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention.
Thousands protest EU member move to exit domestic violence treaty - The Press United
A mass march against a bill on leaving the Istanbul Convention has been held in Riga Thousands of people filled the streets of the Latvian capital on Thursday evening to protest legislation that would take the Baltic state out of an international treaty on combating domestic violence. Some 10,000 demonstrators gathered in Dome Square at […]
Latvia has decided not to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, which aims to protect women from violence, after days of protests, highlighting a deeper problem in the country, which has the highest rate of femicide per capita in Europe.
Ten thousand people demonstrated in Riga on Thursday evening against Latvia's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. On October 31, the Latvian parliament (Saeima) voted 56 to 32 to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, becoming the first EU country to do so (Hungary has signed the convention but never ratified it). According to the proponents of the proposal, the Conven…
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