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Lukashenko's regime threatens to take their children away, so they flee to Warsaw [REPORTAGE]
With just one suitcase, they travel on foot, in a hurry, anything to get away from OMON, the regime's law enforcement and riot police: a new wave of political refugees from Belarus is arriving in...
26-02-2021 17:36 -
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Fancy cars, new iPhones and shiny offices - the state commission investigating pedophilia has a lot of expenses and little to show for it
The state commission in charge of investigating pedophilia wa created in August 2019, but only begun to accept reports from victims in late November 2020. Its first order of business? A wage increase...
26-02-2021 14:55 -
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Polish government' efforts to weaken the independent media is a violation of fundamental human rights [ALBRIGHT]
"We cannot be indifferent to these attacks on democracy, wherever they occur. That is why I speak out against the efforts of the Polish government to weaken the independent media", Madeleine Albright...
26-02-2021 14:27 -
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Wants to Restrict Access to Public Information
Małgorzata Manowska, the Chief Justice of Poland's Supreme Court, has formally requested that the Constitutional Court declare key terms in the Access to Public Information Act as unconstitutional....
25-02-2021 13:35 -
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Ruling Camp Proposes a Court-Packing Bill to Take Full Charge of the Supreme Court
The proposed amendment would allow President Andrzej Duda to appoint commissioners to temporarily take over the 'old' chambers of the Supreme Court. Moreover, under the amended provisions, the...
25-02-2021 10:56 -
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17-year-old girl sentenced for organizing a women's rights protest
Up until now, people charged with unlawful assembly for attending Women's Strike protests saw their cases dismissed by the court. However, a ruling against the 17-year-old Małgorzata who organized a...
24-02-2021 17:05 -
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New Director of the Institute of National Remembrance in Wrocław Resigns Amid Mounting Pressure Over His Fascist Sympathies
Following a wave of indignation in Poland and abroad, Tomasz Greniuch resigned from his position as director of the Institute of National Remembrance in Wrocław after 13 days since taking office.
22-02-2021 18:59 -
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The Proposed Advertising Tax Bill Explained [FAQ]
The newly proposed advertising tax on media and technology companies may seem rather complex and confusing. We break it down and answer the most frequently asked questions.
19-02-2021 15:30 -
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Polish Democracy in the Crosshairs [MICHNIK]
The Polish government's attack on the economic underpinnings of free media is no less an assault on democracy than the January 6 storming of the US Capitol by Trump supporters. Behind both are lies,...
19-02-2021 12:41 -
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Parade Floats in Düsseldorf: Caricature of Kaczyński Prompts a Reaction from Polish Diplomats
A parade float inspired by recent restrictions in Poland's abortion laws has prompted a reaction from Polish diplomats. They see the politically-themed art installation, prepared for a carnival...
17-02-2021 18:42 -
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Overwhelming Public Support for Independent Media Protest [Opinion Poll]
An entire 62% of respondents surveyed by the opinion research company Kantar declared their support for last week's independent media protest. Moreover, 65% of respondents believe that the Polish...
17-02-2021 14:12 -
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"Anti-Polish Sentiment" on the Radar of Intelligence Agencies
The ruling camp is increasingly eager to use allegations of "anti-Polish sentiment" as a convenient tool to prosecute its political opponents and silence critics of its nationalist historical policy.
16-02-2021 16:18 -
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Israeli Embassy Criticises the Appointment of a Fascist Sympathiser as the New Head of the Institute of National Remembrance in Wrocław
The Israeli embassy in Poland has issued a statement criticizing the appointment of Mr. Tomasz Greniuch as the new head of the Institute of National Remembrance in Wrocław. The man, a historian by...
15-02-2021 13:11 -
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U.S. State Department critical of the Polish government's efforts targeting civil society
During a daily press briefing on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the U.S. State Department Ned Price voiced concerns about the Polish government's activities leading to "constricting space for civil...
12-02-2021 14:22 -
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Holocaust Scholars Engelking and Grabowski Ordered to Apologize in Libel Case
The District Court in Warsaw ordered professors Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski to apologize for "providing inaccurate information" in their book documenting cases of Polish complicity in the...
12-02-2021 12:42 -
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To Renew Our Democracies We Need a Fact Fightback [GARTON ASH]
In Poland, where public service broadcasting has been destroyed by a populist ruling party, the crucial thing now is to defend independent private media. They are coming under sharp attack, with...
11-02-2021 21:04 -
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A Free Media is the Lifeblood of Democracy: We Will Not Tire. Stay With Us [OPINION]
Media should serve the people, not the government. A vulnerable, weak, and financially stifled media can never fulfill its democratic mission.
11-02-2021 16:04 -
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Erosion of Media Freedom Gathers Pace in Poland [MFRR REPORT]
According to a new report published today by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), media freedom in Poland now faces its greatest set of challenges since 2015 as the government continues to wage a...
11-02-2021 12:04 -
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Poland's Human Rights Commissioner: The Pandemic Has Taken a Toll on Civil Liberties
- Assaults on the rule of law have been a recurring theme throughout the entire year - Adam Bodnar, the Commissioner for Human Rights, concluded in his annual report on the state of civil rights and...
09-02-2021 11:53 -
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100 Days of Abortion Rights Protests: Summary Report on Arrests and Detentions
Activists from the anti-repression collective "Szpila" prepared a report summarizing the first 100 days of abortion rights protests in and around Warsaw. The report lists exactly how many people have...
08-02-2021 17:38 -
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Scholars Worldwide Call for Immediate End to Trial of Professors Grabowski and Engelking [APPEAL]
Professors Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski, renowned Holocaust scholars and authors of the book "Night Without End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland," are facing a libel...
07-02-2021 14:54 -
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A fascist sympathiser appointed head of the Wrocław branch of the Institute of National Remembrance
Tomasz Greniuch, a former member of the far-right National Radical Camp known for his fascist sympathies, has been appointed as the new head of the Institute of National Remembrance in Wrocław- our...
05-02-2021 19:49 -
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A woman obtained a referral for an abortion procedure. Then the anti-abortion ruling came into force
Last Wednesday, a woman in Cracow received a referral for abortion because of severe, irreversible defect of the fetus. A few hours later, the verdict of the Constitutional Tribunal was published and...
05-02-2021 13:58 -
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Kaczyński: foreign-owned media should constitute a very rare exception in Poland
- We must have our own media. Non-Polish media should be an exception in our country and one that is, one could say, a rare exception. It may not be an easy and short road to get there, but it is...
04-02-2021 13:01 -
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17-year-old climate activist facing charges for using a megaphone at a protest
Kacper Lubiewski, a high school student from Opole, might be brought before a family court for speaking through a megaphone during a climate protest. Local police officers claim the activist has...
04-02-2021 12:54 -
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The advertisement revenue tax is yet another step towards a Hungarian-style media capture [OPINION]
Let's not be fooled by a rhetoric of social solidarity- the new tax proposal is just another tool the government will use to suppress independent media.
03-02-2021 17:44 -
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Seeking new ways to exert pressure on independent media, the Polish government plans to impose a tax on advertising revenue
Prime Minister Morawiecki's government unveiled a new draft bill that would impose an advertisement revenue tax on media outlets. The Ministry of Finance is hoping that the measure will add an extra...
03-02-2021 14:42 -
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Grandma Kasia, a known Warsaw activist, accuses police of physical and verbal abuse. Police deny the allegations
"The police took her away in handcuffs, she's been kept in a cold detention cell and an officer knelt on her neck" - activists describe the case of a senior protester from Warsaw known as Grandma...
02-02-2021 14:40 -
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