The decision breaks a long-running deadlock between PiS and the opposition.
Adam Bodnar
Polish ruling party’s human rights nominee offers to let opposition pick his deputies to break deadlock
Ahead of a Senate vote on his candidacy, PiS MP Bartłomiej Wróblewski has offered a “compromise”.
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Poland’s human rights commissioner is “anti-Polish” for criticising own country, says president
Adam Bodnar warned that Poland is heading “in the direction of an undemocratic state”.
Polish census discriminates against disabled, LGBT and ethnic minorities, warns human rights official
The census is inaccessible to visually impaired people, does not allow trans people to choose gender identity, and forbids non-Polish letters.
Polish constitutional court rules human rights commissioner must leave office
Adam Bodnar must vacate his position within three months.
Court suspends Polish state oil giant’s media takeover
Orlen has bought hundreds of local media outlets.
Czy należy wykreślić artykuł o obrazie uczuć religijnych z kodeksu karnego?
Agnieszka Wądołowska (article also available in English) W zeszłym tygodniu Sąd Rejonowy w Płocku uniewinnił trzy aktywistki, oskarżone o obrazę uczuć religijnych po tym jak Matce Boskiej Częstochowskiej doprawiły tęczową aureolę. Reakcje na wyrok dobrze pokazują, jak...
Should Poland abolish its blasphemy law? Five expert views
Agnieszka Wądołowska
“Offending religious feelings” can land you in jail for two years.
Top Polish court rules that sex change abroad must be recognised in official documents
A transgender person who underwent a sex reassignment procedure abroad has won the right to have her sex change recognised in her Polish passport.
Poland introduces New Year’s Eve Covid curfew but experts question legality
Former prime minister Donald Tusk compared the restrictions to martial law.
Dwie twarze KUL jako odbicie polskich wojen kulturowych
Anna Gmiterek-Zabłocka
Poland’s human rights commissioner on the state of democracy, LGBT protests and “dormant civic energy”
Agnieszka Wądołowska
An exclusive interview with Adam Bodnar as his five-year term comes to an end.
Bodnar o protestach LGBT: “Są pewne granice, których się nie powinno przekraczać”
Agnieszka Wądołowska
W wywiadzie dla “Notes from Poland” Adam Bodnar podsumowuje swoją kadencję RPO, która właśnie dobiega końca.
Polish courts annul “LGBT ideology-free zones”, finding they violate constitution
The commissioner for human rights’s office hailed the rulings as unprecedented.
