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July 30, 2009

Blind woman’s victory in court sets precedent for non-discrimination

The friendly settlement reached between Jolanta Kramarz, right, and Carrefour Republic of Poland Limited Company is precedential in the Republic of Poland. The case was carried on by the Stategic Litigation Programme of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.

July 24, 2009

Polish Public Television before the ECHR

On 16 July 2009 the European Court of Human Rights passed a judgement in the case Wojtas-Kaleta v. Republic of Poland in which Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights as a third party submitted their comments. The Court found that there was a violation of Article 10 of the Convention.

July 20, 2009

HFHR makes statement on Foreign Affairs Minister’s utterances on death penalty

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights made a statement on 17 July 2009 referring to the comment of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, right, on death penalty in Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

July 15, 2009

New Polish media law endangers public-service media, says OSCE media freedom representative

Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said that Poland’s new media law fails to secure the financial and editorial independence of public-service media and urged President Lech Kaczynski to send the law for review by the Constitutional Court.

July 13, 2009

Statement of HFHR on the Issue of So-Called III Pillar of the EU

Statement of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the President of Poland’s Neglect to Issue A Statement Validating the Adequacy of the European Court of Justice in the Domain of the So-Called III Pillar of the EU

July 6, 2009

Article 212 in relation to freedom of expression in Poland

On the June 30, 2009, the District Court in Zielona Gora (Signature: VII KA 437/09) upheld a verdict condemning former „Gazeta Wyborcza” journalist Robert Rewiński for libel. The journalist was lawfully convicted, after five years of criminal litgation, for an article describing the improper use of public funds at Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska (the Environmental Conservation Fund) in Zielona Góra. The court agreed that Rewiński was acting in the public’s interest; however, he was not cautious enough and used false information, infringing on the reputation of the private accuser. The above statements were used to justify his conviction.

June 30, 2009

Statement of the HFHR on the private indictment in the case of Janusz Palikot vs. „Dziennik”

Position of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights concerning Janusz Palikot’s private indictment and civil litigation against the journalists and Publisher of the newspaper „Dziennik”.

June 12, 2009

U.S. flag desecration in Poland. Shall Poland protect U.S. flag against desecration?

On August 20, 2008 a legally organized demonstration took place in front of the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. The aim of this demonstration was to publicly voice their disagreement with U.S. policy and contest the plan to built an anti-missile shield in the Republic of Poland. To be more persuasive the demonstrators (an action was performed by one of them – August G.) burned a U.S. flag. This action was filmed by media and thereafter disseminated through numerous broadcasts.

June 3, 2009

Refusal to appoint judges by the President – waiting for the Constitutional Court verdict

Nearly two years ago, the President of Republic of Poland refused to appoint nine persons for the position of judges in Polish courts. It happened despite of positive motions submitted by the National Judiciary Council and without any justification.