Countries:
Latvia, Russia
Topics:
Freedom of Speech, Economics, Finance, Governance, Human Rights, Law, Protest, International Relations, Politics

Free Speech Emergency in Latvia wrote on Nov. 22: “A university lecturer was arrested for two days for making comments at a public discussion of the economy, while a musician was questioned for joking about taking money out of a bank during a concert.” More coverage of the situation - at All About Latvia. (From a Nov. 24 post: “It is as if the government has taken a page straight of the Kremlin rulebook.”)

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