by HRWF | Jun 24, 2022 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Polish parliament rejects abortion bill A bill to legalise abortion has been rejected by right-wing MPs, making Poland one of the few European countries with very strict abortion laws. By Bartosz Sieniawski Euractiv (24.06.2022) – https://bit.ly/3NoatRw –...
by HRWF | Nov 26, 2021 | Human Rights in the World, Uncategorized
We defend and will defend “Gazeta Wyborcza” The management of “Gazeta Wyborcza” has lost confidence in Agora’s Management Board and files a vote of no confidence in it. By Adam Michnik and Jarosław Kurski Gazeta Wyborcza...
by HRWF | Oct 4, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
More Polish regions revoke anti-LGBT declarations over EU funds withdrawal Euronews (27.09.2021) – https://bit.ly/2WGtHO4 – Three more Polish regions have revoked anti-LGBT declarations over the threat of losing funds from the European Union....
by HRWF | May 21, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Sandrine Amiel Euronews (12.05.2021) – https://bit.ly/2Rzz5zW – Maja, a 27-year-old from a small town in the northeastern Polish region of Podlasie, was neither financially nor emotionally ready for another child when she found out she was...
by HRWF | Apr 16, 2021 | Human Rights in the World
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that an article of the Commissioner for Human Rights Act is unconstitutional, meaning Ombudsman Adam Bodnar – who repeatedly pointed out the government backsliding on the rule of law, freedom of the press, and democratic...
