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congratulated the movement for fighting for “a society where every person is being respected and is striving for common good.” In 2022, Florio Scifo, the World Youth
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in 2022. Soon thereafter, the movement stated in an open letter that "We regret the individual disrespectful outbursts" during Mališkaitė's speech and that "the negative reaction was not aimed at the defenders of freedom or the events of
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