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Poland remains the worst EU country for LGBTQIA+ people
- Published at
- 16.06.2023
- Country
- Poland
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- people with disabilities
- surveillance
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Press freedoms continue to decline
- Published at
- 23.03.2023
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- Poland
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- harassment
- protest
- people with disabilities
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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Opposition MP’s immunity stripped for staging pro-abortion protest, restrictive education bill “Lex Czarnek 2.0" vetoed
- Published at
- 17.01.2023
- Country
- Poland
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- harassment
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- protest
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Prosecutors file indictment against women’s rights activists as government continues to target WHRDs
- Published at
- 04.11.2022
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- censorship
- non state actors
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Fight for reproductive justice continues; independent media continue to face SLAPPs
- Published at
- 17.08.2022
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship
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Judicial harassment of pro-abortion activist & activists helping refugees at Poland/Belarus border
- Published at
- 30.04.2022
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- positive court ruling
- non state actors
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Nieustające naruszenia wolności obywatelskich na granicy polsko-białoruskiej
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- 08.02.2022
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- access to info. law
- intimidation
- bureaucratic restriction
- harassment
- youth
- protest disruption
- criminal defamation
- surveillance
- censorship
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- women
- LGBTI
- refugees and migrants
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Ongoing violations on civic freedoms at Poland/Belarus border; further threats to LGBTQI+ rights
- Published at
- 21.01.2022
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- access to info. law
- surveillance
- youth
- protest disruption
- office raid
- non state actors
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Police protection for WHRD after escalating threats; press freedom concerns at Poland/Belarus border
- Published at
- 25.10.2021
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- labour rights
- harassment
- protest
- positive CS development
- LGBTI
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
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Government attempts to muzzle independent media by controversial anti-TVN law
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- 02.09.2021
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- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- youth
- restrictive law
- harassment
- bureaucratic restriction
- LGBTI
- protest
- HRD prosecuted
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- censorship
- positive court ruling
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Teenage pro-abortion protesters targeted for participation; “Hungary style takeover” of media
- Published at
- 02.07.2021
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- youth
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained