US EditionJournalists begin 3-day protest over LRT law changes
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The action at the Sejm is planned to be repeated three evenings in a row.
In Vilnius, thousands of protesters denounce a reform that facilitates the dismissal of the director of public radio and television LRT. The text, carried by the ruling coalition, feeds fears of political supervision of the media and an illiberal drift.
In the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, a protest against amendments to the legislation, which is seen as a threat to the independence of public broadcaster LRT, resumed on Tuesday evening; the action is planned to be repeated three nights in a row.
While parliamentarians were considering amendments to the law on the procedure for dismissing the head of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), thousands of people gathered in protest at Independence Square.
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