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Latvia Weekly: Disinformation Campaigns Keep on Targeting Istanbul Convention
Latvia's conservative politicians have launched a disinformation campaign falsely claiming the violence prevention treaty promotes forced gender transitions for children, Marxist ideology, and the destruction of traditional values. These narratives closely mirror Russian information operations designed to portray Western liberal-democratic values as morally decadent threats to society, either deliberately amplifying or unwittingly enabling broader efforts to undermine Latvia's European integration and democratic institutions.
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Latvia Weekly: Disinformation Fuels Opposition to the Istanbul Convention
Ainars Šlesers of party Latvia First propagates false narratives claiming the Istanbul Convention promotes a "117 gender policy" and threatens traditional families, when the treaty actually focuses solely on preventing violence against women and domestic violence. He employs aggressive rhetoric against political opponents, repeatedly comparing Progressive party members to "Lenin," sharing digitally altered images of them, and using terms like "gangsters" and accusations of "aggression" and "brainwashing" to delegitimize those who support the Convention.
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Latvia Weekly: Istanbul Convention Withdrawal Debate Revives Old Conspiracies
Despite Latvia's ratification of the Istanbul Convention in 2023 and its proven benefits for violence victims, conservative politicians in preparation for parliamentary elections next year have launched a withdrawal campaign fueled by baseless disinformation claims that the treaty promotes "117 genders," “pedophilia,” and moral decline. This deliberately misrepresents a violence prevention treaty as a conspiracy against traditional values echoing narratives disseminated by Russia.
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Latvia Weekly: Pride Month and RailBaltic
During the examined week, the primary narratives surrounded domestic issues with a focus on the incompetence of the current government and the corruption within it. More attention has been given to the RailBaltic project, which the authors attempt to portray as an indicator of how corrupt the government is.
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