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Poland: Arrest over LGBTQI+ themed Virgin Mary

10 May 2019
Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Human rights activist Elżbieta Podlesna was held for several hours on suspicion of offending religious beliefs after she displayed a poster of the Virgin Mary with a rainbow halo.

Digital Rights Attacks Poland Gender

Poland: Gender and politics are key triggers for online abuse of journalists

A new report finds politics, refugees, Polish-Jewish history and gender are the issues most likely to attract online threats and hate speech in Poland.

‎ International Press Institute (IPI) ‎ 1 October 2018

Free Expression & the Law Poland

Brussels triggers Article 7 but ignores Poland's press freedom violations

(RSF) welcomes the European Commission decision to trigger Article 7 of the European Union treaty against Poland, but regrets that the decision only addresses Poland's moves against judicial independence and ignores its repeated attacks on the media.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎20 December 2017

Attacks Poland Gender

Poland no friend to women

In October, police in several Polish cities raided the offices of two nongovernmental organizations that support domestic violence victims and promote women's rights. The official rationale for the raids was a search for evidence linked to alleged wrongdoing by the previous government's Ministry of Justice. But the timing was suspicious.

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)‎ 4 December 2017

Latest from Poland

Two years of authoritarian slide in Poland require EU action

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Poland 24 October 2017
Poland's controversial judicial reforms and the media

‎ International Press Institute

Free Expression & the Law Poland 20 July 2017
Media freedom NGOs ask Polish defence minister to drop complaint against journalist

‎ International Federation of Journalists, Freedom House, Index on Censorship, International Press Institute , Reporters Without Borders

Free Expression & the Law Poland 18 July 2017
Pluralism under attack: The assault on press freedom in Poland

‎ Freedom House

Censorship Free Expression & the Law Poland 3 July 2017
EU urged to address rule of law and basic rights in Poland

‎ Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights Watch

Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly Poland 14 May 2017
EC urged to go after Poland

‎ Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders

Free Expression & the Law Poland 21 February 2017
Poland: Some hope in the midst of chaos

‎ Freedom House

Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly Poland 20 December 2016
Polish governing party files libel suit over critical commentary

‎ International Press Institute

Censorship Free Expression & the Law Poland 5 February 2016
Concerns over new law intended to "transform" Poland's public media

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Free Expression & the Law Poland 15 December 2015
Polish journalist Lukasz Masiak beaten to death

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Impunity Poland 23 June 2015
European Court rules in favour of journalists in Iceland and Poland

‎ International Press Institute

Iceland Poland 31 October 2014
On the firing of dissident theatre director Eva Wojciak in Poland

‎ Index on Censorship

Censorship Poland 20 August 2014
Cancellation of play causes furore in Poland

‎ Index on Censorship

Censorship Poland 30 July 2014
Government ministers try to intimidate Polish media

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Free Expression & the Law Poland 23 May 2013
Polish journalists dismissed over report on plane crash

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Censorship Poland 12 November 2012
ARTICLE 19 calls on president to veto media law

‎ ARTICLE 19

Poland 19 July 2009
World Report 2009: Poland

‎ Human Rights Watch

Poland 22 January 2009
Annual Report 2008: Poland

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Poland 16 April 2008
World Report 2008: Poland

‎ Human Rights Watch

Poland 3 April 2008
Freedom of the Press 2007: Poland

‎ Freedom House

Poland 5 March 2008
Two newspaper editors to be held in police custody for 48 hours prior to libel trial

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Poland 8 November 2007
Les services spéciaux arrêtent l'ex-ministre qui a dénoncé les mises sur écoutes de journalistes

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Poland 30 August 2007
Secret services arrest former minister who exposed phone tapping

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Poland 30 August 2007
Ex-minister accuses intelligence services of tapping journalists' phones

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Poland 24 August 2007
Journalist sentenced to six months' imprisonment, fined for defaming judge

‎ International Press Institute

Poland 23 July 2007
Spanish daily and Catalan feminist face trial in Wroclaw for "defaming Poland"

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Poland 21 June 2007

At a glance

Most covered free expression issues in this country

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Online attacks on journalists in Poland

In June 2018, IPI visited Poland as part of its Ontheline project, which aims to identify best newsroom practices for preventing and better responding to online harassment of journalists.

International Press Institute (IPI) 1 October 2018
Freedom of the Press 2017: Poland

Government offices canceled subscriptions to opposition-friendly media, while state-owned companies redirected advertising money to progovernment outlets.

Freedom House 27 April 2017
Freedom of the Press 2016: Poland

The newly elected parliament passed a law on “national media” in December that shifted most authority over public media, including the hiring and firing of journalists, from the regulatory body to the Treasury Ministry. The heads of all public media immediately resigned in protest.

Freedom House 23 April 2016