Helsinki-86
Helsinki-86 was a Latvian human rights group formed in Liepāja in July 1986 .
Linards Grantiņš , Raimonds Bitenieks and Mārtiņš Bariss were among its founders .
On June 14, 1987, the group organized a celebration at which flowers were laid at the Freedom Monument in Rīga . This event demonstrated the rebirth of Latvian national pride and self-confidence.
On August 23, 1987, Helsinki-86 organized a protest demonstration against the German-Soviet non-aggression pact that preceded the Soviet occupation of Latvia .
On November 18, 1987, it celebrated the anniversary of Latvian independence in 1918 for the first time since 1940.
As a political party, Helsinki-86 participated unsuccessfully in the 1998 parliamentary elections for Saeima .
In 2003, Helsinki-86 transformed into a new nationalist party, the Nacionālā Spēka Savienība (NSS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Lipinsky: The Secret Additional Protocol to the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty of August 23, 1939 and its history and reception history from 1939 to 1999 . Peter Lang 2000, ISBN 3-631-52322-X , p. 445.