Disinfo: A NATO film glorifies the Baltic Nazi collaborators known as...

Summary

A NATO film glorifies the Baltic Nazi collaborators known as the ‘Forest Brothers’.

Disproof

No evidence given. Nato video exists bit.ly/2tm5Jmr, , but Forest Brothers were Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian partisans who fought against Soviet rule during the Soviet invasion and occupation during and after the World War II. In the early 1950's, the Soviet forces had eradicated most of the partisan resistance in the Baltic States. Soviet authorities offered Forest Brothers an amnesty after Joseph Stalin's death in 1953. Further reading on the Forest Brothers: bit.ly/2vC2qZW, , bit.ly/2tGyRVI,

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  • Reported in: Issue 77
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 13/07/2017
  • Outlet language(s) English
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia
  • Keywords: WWII, NATO, Baltic states, Nazi/Fascist
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Disinfo: The Czech Ministry of Interior is actively repressing people and websites

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Disproof

No evidence given. The Czech MoI is repressing neither people nor opinions bit.ly/2kboybB, . The NGO People in Need has made a study that provides a definition of hate speech, but it highlights that sometimes it can be quite narrow and that context and the interpretation framework must be taken into account when studying hate speech.bit.ly/1MD9VqL,

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Disproof

According to a poll by the Gorshenin Institute and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung office in Kyiv bit.ly/2taM0es, , only 5 % of the respondents identify themselves as citizens of the ex-USSR. Of those respondents who defined themselves as being of Russian nationality, 24,8 % identify themselves as citizens of ex-USSR. Further debunking: bit.ly/2tR8hwz,