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New law set to erode judicial independence and municipalities declared “LGBTI Free- Zones”
- Published at
- 16.03.2020
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- political interference
- restrictive law
- harassment
- protest
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Poland: Attempts to compromise the judiciary, a threat on media independence and attacks on LGBTQIA+
- Published at
- 12.02.2020
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protest disruption
- protest
- LGBTI
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Poland faces EU legal action over reforms undermining judicial independence
- Published at
- 16.08.2019
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- public vilification
- harassment
- positive court ruling
- prevention of protest
- protest
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
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Ruling party steps up harassment to silence critical journalists and media outlets
- Published at
- 27.05.2019
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- protest
- women
- censorship
- religious groups
- harassment
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- non state actors
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Media rights CSOs warn of growing legal pressure on independent journalists in Poland
- Published at
- 25.02.2019
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- environmental rights
- criminal defamation
- harassment
- time,place restrictions
- protest
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Polish ruling party pressures cinemas to stop showing clerical abuse film
- Published at
- 14.12.2018
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest
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Poland deports human rights activist as EU takes it to court over rule of law concerns
- Published at
- 02.10.2018
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- political interference
- public vilification
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Government removes criminal sanctions from "Holocaust Law"
- Published at
- 08.08.2018
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- protest
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State restricts protest on disability benefits
- Published at
- 14.06.2018
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- time,place restrictions
- youth
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- criminal defamation
- people with disabilities
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State continues to constrict civic space but Polish civil society pushes back
- Published at
- 12.04.2018
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- religious groups
- restrictive law
- protest
- censorship
- criminal defamation
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Civil society worries over chilling effect of Holocaust Law on free speech
- Published at
- 21.02.2018
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- political interference
- restrictive law