(European Commission) Today, the European Commission decided to send a Reasoned Opinion to Poland regarding the Polish law on the Supreme Court. The new Polish law on the Supreme Court…
(Institute of Public Affairs) Political Capital presents its report aiming to better understand, raise awareness of and respond to populism in Poland and Hungary. Together with our partners from Poland,…
(Amnesty international on the Citizens Observatory) This report is a follow-up to the October 2017 Amnesty International report Poland: On the Streets to Defend Human Rights. It documents the state…
(CIVICUS Monitor) In late March 2018, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration (MSWiA) abandoned its plans to amend the Public Collections Act after NGOs, backed by a citizen appeal signed by 112,000 people,…
(CIVICUS Monitor) In April 2018, parents of children with disabilities in Poland held protests demanding an increase in disability benefits provided by the state. The protestors occupied the Polish Sejm (parliament) but…
#EuropeDontGiveUsUp - info in English. Please share! Polish CSOs pressure Jean-Claude Juncker to go to the EU Court of Justice over the unconstitutional law on Supreme Court in Poland. Over 100…
(Civic Solidarity Platform) Since the end of 2015, we have seen disturbing trends in the actions of the Polish government and the parliamentary majority formed by the populist-nationalist party, Law and…
(Equal Times) Waves of protests unheard of since the fall of Communism and the formation of new resistance movements are challenging Poland’s increasingly authoritarian government. There’s a lot to protest about…
(Human Rights Watch) Professor John Knox Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights OHCHR-Palais Wilson CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Dear…
(Katharina Wecker on Deutsche Welle) Poland recently passed a bill that bans spontaneous protests and allows police surveillance at this year’s world climate summit. Civil society groups say Poland wants to silence…