Commission to investigate attacks on CSOs under PiS; Volunteer prosecuted for assisting asylum seeker at border Published at 07.07.2025 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society scrambles to replace USAID funding; PiS aims to discredit opponents as elections approach Published at 20.03.2025 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI religious groups protest political interference censorship Read more
Parliament votes not to decriminalise assisted abortion; Activists acquitted for 2020 protests over abortion ban Published at 16.11.2024 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development labour rights protest HRD acquitted surveillance Read more
Poland: Protests, Cybersecurity Threats, and LGBTQI+ Struggles Published at 24.07.2024 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Controversy as new government takes over public broadcaster Published at 09.04.2024 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants religious groups excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest violent protest political interference censorship protestor(s) detained people with disabilities Read more
Pro-EU and Pro-Choice Protests Sweep Poland Published at 07.08.2023 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women attack on journalist protest political interference journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Poland remains the worst EU country for LGBTQIA+ people Published at 16.06.2023 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption intimidation negative court ruling labour rights protest public vilification people with disabilities surveillance Read more
Press freedoms continue to decline Published at 23.03.2023 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants religious groups harassment protest people with disabilities surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
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 Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling restrictive law harassment censorship negative court ruling protest Read more
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: positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment protest public vilification restrictive law censorship non state actors Read more
Fight for reproductive justice continues; independent media continue to face SLAPPs Published at 17.08.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants harassment protest public vilification censorship Read more
Judicial harassment of pro-abortion activist & activists helping refugees at Poland/Belarus border Published at 30.04.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment positive CS development HRD detained protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Nieustające naruszenia wolności obywatelskich na granicy polsko-białoruskiej Published at 08.02.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment criminal defamation bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
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: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment criminal defamation bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
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: LGBTI women refugees and migrants harassment positive CS development labour rights protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Government attempts to muzzle independent media by controversial anti-TVN law Published at 02.09.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women youth harassment HRD detained protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
„Nie jestem tu bezpieczna”: aktywiści na rzecz praw kobiet atakowani za pracę nad prawami do aborcji Published at 13.04.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment negative court ruling excessive force protest public vilification violent protest political interference HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
“I am not safe here”: Women’s rights activists under attack for work on abortion rights Published at 09.04.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment negative court ruling excessive force protest public vilification violent protest political interference HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Aktywistki ze Strajku Kobiet na celowniku władzy Published at 19.02.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Read more
Polish Women’s Strike activists targeted by the state: Our livelihoods and families are under threat Published at 17.02.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD detained excessive force torture/ill-treatment censorship non state actors LGBTI women minority groups attack on journalist protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
