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Poland's Former First Ladies Join Mothers Protesting the Inhumane Treatment of Refugees at Belarus Border
Danuta Wałe?sa, Jolanta Kwas?niewska, and Anna Komorowska, have joined Polish mothers from all around the country in their protest against the government's inhumane treatment of migrants on the...
23-10-2021 15:17 -
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Money for Nothing? PiS Appears Ready to Call EU's Bluff Over Recovery Funds Standoff [EXCLUSIVE]
Sources inside the Polish government claim that PiS is ready to risk a head-on confrontation with the EU to put the Commission under pressure. "We're going to call their bluff and get the money from...
22-10-2021 16:15 -
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"We Can't Let People Die on Our Doorstep": Concerned Polish Mothers Call for Protest Along Belarus Border
On Saturday, October 23, concerned mothers from all over the country are to descend on the Podlaskie region in eastern Poland to protest the government's inhumane immigration policy. "We will stand...
21-10-2021 14:03 -
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Let's Not be Fooled by the Polish PM's Lip Service. Tinkering with the Disciplinary Chamber Won't Fix the Rule of Law Crisis [OPINION]
The Prime Minister's speech in the European Parliament has left us with no illusions about the intentions of the Polish government. The Commission should expect nothing less than a full...
20-10-2021 18:17 -
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Prime Minister Morawiecki Clashes with EU Parliament Over Rule of Law in Poland
"The ruling of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal puts into question the foundation of the EU and is a direct challenge to the unity of the European legal order"- stated the EU Commission President...
19-10-2021 19:34 -
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Dutch MP Calls on the EU Commission to Suspend Funding for Poland
"Financial measures against the Polish government are the only way in which the EU can prevent the ruling party from taking any further steps towards a real Polexit and harming Polish citizens"-...
18-10-2021 12:08 -
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Polish PM: "We're Under Attack by EU Institutions"
Addressing the public's growing concern about a possible polexit, during a parliamentary debate on Thursday, Poland's PM accused the opposition of scaremongering. At the same time, he said that...
15-10-2021 12:42 -
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"We're Gonna Build a Wall and It Will Be Impenetrable". Kaczyński Pledges to Seal the Polish-Belarus Border
In a bid to deter asylum seekers, Poland plans to spend an estimated EUR 350 million on building a technology-packed wall along its border with Belarus. The draft bill has already been approved by...
14-10-2021 12:26 -
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Prominent Polish Figures Call for Solidarity with Refugees Trapped at Poland's Eastern Border
"We cannot remain silent while people are dying at the Polish border. That is why we appeal to international public opinion, to people in culture, science, and business, and to politicians throughout...
11-10-2021 16:01 -
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"We're Staying!": 100,000 Protesters Take to the Streets of Warsaw to Demonstrate Against Government's Anti-EU Drift
Protesters in cities and towns all over Poland took to the streets on Sunday to demonstrate against the Constitutional Tribunal's judgment challenging the primacy of EU law. An estimated 100,000...
11-10-2021 15:26 -
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Polish Constitutional Tribunal Challenges the EU Legal Order by Ruling That EU Law Violates the Polish Constitution
The Law and Justice-controlled Constitutional Tribunal ruled Thursday that provisions of the EU treaty are incompatible with the Polish Basic Law. The ruling is meant to protect PiS's judicial...
08-10-2021 16:06 -
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CJEU: Rulings Issued by PiS-Appointed Judges Can be Considered Invalid
On Wednesday, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment allowing to question the validity of rulings handed down by PiS-appointed judges. "If the appointment of a judge took place...
07-10-2021 12:26 -
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Free Courts Initiative: To Fix Poland, We Must First Restore the Rule of Law [INTERVIEW]
"Immanuel Kant said that reason has the power to overcome evil. The neo-judges graduated from law school; they knew perfectly well what they were doing. And yet, they consciously chose to go down the...
06-10-2021 13:54 -
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Polish Police Detain Foreign Journalists Near Border with Belarus
Misguided by unclear road markings, two reporters from the Franco-German TV channel ARTE and an AFP journalist covering the migration crisis in eastern Poland accidentally found themselves in the...
05-10-2021 18:25 -
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10 Commandments for Restoring the Rule of Law in Poland [Free Courts Initiative]
Our task as lawyers, journalists, and members of the civil society, is to be vocal about the illegal changes to Poland's justice system. But when political opportunity for making legislative changes...
04-10-2021 11:01 -
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Police Raiding the Home of Our Journalist is a Provocation and an Attack on Media Freedom [Statement by "Wyborcza's" Editors]
Yesterday's (October 2) police raid on the apartment of our journalist Piotr Bakselerowicz violates the fundamental democratic right of all journalists to keep their sources and information...
03-10-2021 14:17 -
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Police Raid Home of "Wyborcza" Journalist, Seize Laptop and Phone [BREAKING]
On Saturday, shortly before 10:00 a.m., police in Zielona Góra have raided the home of a "Wyborcza" journalist forcibly seizing his electronic devices, including a work laptop and cellphone. The...
02-10-2021 15:23 -
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Polish Government Votes to Extend State of Emergency, Asks Frontex to Stay on the Sidelines
Poland refuses to let Frontex officers near its border with Belarus. At the same time, the Polish government on Thursday decided to extend the state of emergency in parts of the country's two...
01-10-2021 19:00 -
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World News Day 2021 Brings Quality Climate Journalism to the Fore
World News Day brings together over 460 news organizations and newsrooms from around the world. This year's edition draws public attention to the climate crisis, highlighting the importance of...
30-09-2021 16:16 -
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Polish Minister of Interior Presents False Evidence Framing Refugees for Bestiality
On Monday, at a joint press conference aired on public television, Poland's Ministers of Interior and National Defense presented a photo showing an alleged migrant having sexual intercourse with a...
29-09-2021 13:23 -
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Refugees at Poland's Border Call for Polish and European Solidarity as Death Toll Keeps Rising
The death toll at Poland's eastern border keeps rising as Polish authorities remain unmoved by cries of refugees desperate to find asylum in Europe. On Friday, a 16-year-old boy from Iraq was...
28-09-2021 14:48 -
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Sued for No Reason: the Kafkaesque Hearing of Dissident Judge Żurek
Last week, judge Waldemar Żurek received a letter summoning him to a disciplinary hearing for no particular reason. It is only the latest attempt to intimidate the Kraków-based judge for his...
27-09-2021 15:37 -
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Another Person Dies at the Border as Polish Authorities Remain Indifferent
An Iraqi man has been found dead this morning near Poland's border with Belarus. It is already the fourth casualty of an inhumane treatment of migrants reported within the span of a single week.
24-09-2021 14:21 -
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Polish Media Regulator Renews Broadcast License for US-Owned TVN24. But There's a Catch
After 19 months of waiting, Poland's media regulator finally decided to renew the broadcast license for the country's most-watched news channel TVN24. But there's a catch. The station's American...
23-09-2021 14:50 -
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Poland Refuses to Close Contested Brown Coal Mine Despite Massive CJEU Penalty
Undeterred by a daily fine of EUR 500.000, the Polish government said it will continue to operate a contested brown coal mine near the Czech and German border that the CJEU ordered it to close back...
22-09-2021 13:32 -
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Four Refugees Found Dead Near the Polish-Belarusian Border
On Sunday, the bodies of four refugees from the Middle East were found near the Polish-Belarusian border. Belarusian media suggest that one of them has been "dragged across the border into Belarus"....
20-09-2021 15:57 -
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Lucjan Was Just a Regular Cat. Now He's Public Enemy No. 1 of the Polish Ministry of Justice
A stray cat in Poland became an unsuspecting victim of the partisan squabbles ailing the country's criminal justice system. His cardinal sin? Accepting food and shelter from a member of Lex Super...
18-09-2021 14:16 -
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European Parliament Condemns Poland for Violating Rule of Law and Curbing Media Freedom
On Thursday, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning Polish authorities for the country's deteriorating rule of law situation, persistent attacks on media freedom, and the systemic...
17-09-2021 16:27 -
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