In Poland’s most recent national census, only ten people recorded themselves as speaking Wymysorys at home.
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Polish opposition politicians to stand trial accused of violating ban on holding office
If found guilty, Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik could face up to five years in jail.
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Polish president pardons jailed former government ministers
Andrzej Duda called for the pair to be immediately released from prison.
Imprisoned Polish opposition politician on hunger strike taken to hospital
Former interior minister Mariusz Kamiński claims to be a “political prisoner”.
Man charged for insulting prime minister with anti-Tusk graffiti at historic Protestant church
Insulting a public official or a constitutional body is a crime in Poland that carries a potential prison sentence of up to two years.
Court rejects Polish government’s move to put public radio into liquidation
The decision marks a further legal blow to the new government’s efforts to regain control of public media from the former ruling party.
Head of Polish conservative group loses appeal against defamation conviction for anti-LGBT vans
The court called the slogans displayed on the vans “hate speech”.
Polish constitutional court rules government’s measures to take over public media unconstitutional
The government responded by declaring the court’s ruling to have “no legal significance”.
Head of Polish church offers to “intervene with government” over jailed opposition politicians
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki also appealed to the pair to end their hunger strike.
Polish far-right MP who attacked Hanukkah candles stripped of immunity from prosecution
Prosecutors want to bring seven charges against Grzegorz Braun.
Justice minister declares constitutional court order to suspend removal of top prosecutor “defective”
Adam Bodnar suggested that the judge who issued the order, a former PiS MP, should not have been allowed to rule on the case.
“Please stop trying to violate the law,” President Duda tells PM Tusk
Tusk said that his government will continue to “restore the legal order, whether someone likes it or not”.
Tusk pledges bill introducing “legal and safe abortion” in Poland
But the prime minister admits that his more conservative coalition partners may not support it.
Prosecutors appointed under Poland’s former government protest actions of new administration
They say the new government illegally removed and replaced Poland’s second-most-senior prosecutor on Friday.
