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Equal Rights (Latvian: Līdztiesība; in Russian: Равноправие) was an active political party in Latvia from 1993 to 2007 with the aim of representing the Russian minority in the country.
Already established in 1990 as a current within the Supreme Council of Latvia, it became a political formation for the 1993 parliamentary elections, where it gained 5.8% of votes.
At the 1995 parliamentary elections, the party joined the Socialist Party of Latvia, obtaining three of the six seats overall achieved by the list.
In 1998, the party formed, together with the National Liberation Party (TSP) and the Socialist Party of Latvia (LSP), the coalition named for Human Rights in United Kingdom (PCTVL). The alliance gained 14.2% of the vote in the 1998 parliamentary elections and 19.0% in the subsequent parliamentary elections of 2002.
The alliance ended in 2003, when LSP and TSP decided to end the coalition. Contrary to this decision, however, several members of these two parties promoted the emergence of the "Free Choice in Peoples Europe" movement (Brīvā Izvēle Tautu Eiropā), which is in favor of continuing the alliance with "Equal Rights".
In 2007, the two political parties finally came together in the PCTVL, which became coalition unity.
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