If you believe that a hate crime has been committed against you or that you have witnessed such a crime, please fill out the form below. It is very important that what you have experienced or seen does not go unnoticed, even if you do not intend to contact law enforcement about it. Many people who have experienced hate crimes do not report them.
If you believe that a hate crime has been committed against you or that you have witnessed such a crime, please fill out the form below. It is very important that what you have experienced or seen does not go unnoticed, even if you do not intend to contact law enforcement about it. Many people who have experienced hate crimes do not report them.
You will provide information about yourself
You will provide crime information
You will choose whether to report to the police
You will decide if you need help
You will enable us to continue to operate
Hate crimes are any crimes that are committed because of negative prejudice against a person or group of persons because of his/her/ their age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, nationality, language, origin, social status, faith, beliefs or opinions. Hate crimes also include insulting, degrading language, discriminatory or inciting comments based on a aforementioned person's identity or belonging to a certain group.
Freedom of speech allows for the open discussion of beliefs, thoughts and ideas, but with certain restrictions, while hate speech incites harm or violence against others and defies those restrictions. Freedom of speech encourages debate by freely presenting different opinions, while hate speech encourages violence. Hate speech divides society, while freedom of speech promotes the growth of society and healthy social development.
Depending on what you choose when answering the questions on the platform, the material you submit: - will be forwarded to the police;
- will be forwarded to NGO aid associations;
- will not be forwarded to anyone. In this case, the information will be kept by the Lithuanian Center for Human Rights.
Hate crimes cause great moral damage, because such criminal acts attack the identity of a person and the equality of individuals. These criminal acts intimidate and humiliate not only an individual, but also the entire community.
Hate crimes and hate speech are criminalized and subject to criminal liability.
Reporting without the intention to go to the police reduces the latency of hate crimes, allows more information about crimes that have not been reported anywhere. The Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights will depersonalize such reports and systematically inform the state institutions, media and other institutions about them. We hope that this will help to create a more effective system of assistance to victims of hate crimes and incitement of hatred in Lithuania.
