“In our opinion, entering Lyudmyla Kozlovska into the Schengen Information System (SIS) and depriving her of the right to stay within the Schengen area is a dangerous precedent initiating a new way of persecution of civil activists in the EU Member States” – claims a group of Ukrainian NGOs.
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MEP Rebecca Harms shocked by the expulsion of the ODF President from the EU
On 17 August, having heard about the detention (on the request of the Polish government), and, subsequently, expulsion from the EU territory of the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation Lyudmyla Kozlovska, MEP from the Green faction, Rebecca Harms expressed her shock.
Washington Post: The Kozlovska story shows that the entire EU justice system is now under threat
The Polish right-wing government is still finding new instruments to attack democracy and the rule of law. However, the government has now set a truly surprising precedent. Warsaw has used its EU power to deport critics of the government.
The Democratic Party media reported on the deportation from the EU of the ‘PAS and DA lobbyist’ for her ‘links with the special services of the Russian Federation’. What’s awkward here?
Some Moldovan media, considered as close to the Democratic Party, reported the deportation from Poland of the head of the Open Dialogue Foundation, a civil society activist from Ukraine Lyudmyla Kozlovska. These media claim that Kozlovska was deported from the EU
Poland uses SIS to prevent President of the Open Dialogue Foundation from entering the Schengen area
On Tuesday 14 August 2018, Mrs Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) was deported from the EU territory to Kyiv, Ukraine due to an abuse of the Schengen Information System (SIS).
Information on the inclusion of Lyudmyla Kozlovska in the SIS database by Poland
Lyudmyla Kozlovska, the President of the Management Board of The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), was prevented by the Polish authorities from entering the EU. We perceive this as another of a long series of their attacks on the Foundation
‘The Polish Government takes revenge on my wife for my civic activism’ – says Bartosz Kramek about the ODF President’s deportation
Poland placed Lyudmyla Kozlovska on the Schengen Information System (SIS) alert list which resulted in her immediate deportation from the EU territory. This opened yet another stage of the battle led by the Polish Government against the Open Dialogue Foundation, considering that Bartosz… (read more)
Independence of judiciary in Poland and mass detentions in Kazakhstan – meetings at the CoE
On the occasion of the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), a delegation of civil society activists from Poland and the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) held a series of bilateral meetings with PACE Members and Permanent Representations to the Organisation.
ODF at the CoE concerned with dismantling of independence of judiciary in Poland and mass detentions in Kazakhstan
On the occasion of the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), a delegation of civil society activists from Poland and the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) held a series of bilateral meetings with PACE Members and Permanent Representations to the Organisation.
Europe, do not give up on Poland!
“Just as in 1980 there could not be freedom without solidarity, today there can not be freedom without the rule of law!” – former President Lech Wałęsa appeals to the European Commission regarding the reform of the Supreme Court in Poland, which will come into force on 3 July 2018.
“We all pay for the cretinism of a ‘good change'” – Wojciech Maziarski on the court’s decision in the matter of the ODF
On May 24, Gazeta Wyborcza published a column entitled “Good change counted in ziobrys” on the application of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the court to dismiss the board of the Open Dialogue Foundation and the last similar case regarding the organization Citizens of the Republic of Poland.
ODF wins court dispute with Polish MFA once again
In the dispute with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2017, the Open Dialogue Foundation once again defended its position: The Regional Court for the capital city of Warsaw decided to dismiss the Minister of Foreign Affairs’s complaint against the previous decision of the court.
Wieczna przyjaźń – вічна дружба. Come and take part in the Polish-Ukrainian Solidarity Day
The celebration of the Polish-Ukrainian Solidarity Day will take place on on the Piłsudski Square in Warsaw on 20 May 2018, at 4:00 pm. The initiators of the event are Warsaw social activists, including Bartosz Kramek and Joanna Cuper from the Open Dialogue Foundation.
Statement of the members of the Civic Solidarity Platform: Polish authorities reduce the space for the activities of NGOs including human rights organizations in the country
Since the end of 2015, we have seen disturbing trends in the actions of the Polish government and the parliamentary majority formed by the populist-nationalist party, Law and Justice (PiS), which harm the activities of human rights defenders and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Poland.
A smear campaign against the Open Dialogue Foundation has reached the walls of the European Parliament (updated)
Under the guise of a discussion on ‘financial fraud’, an information attack was launched against the Open Dialogue Foundation in the European Parliament. The smear campaign against our organisation has become a revenge for our activities to protect human rights in the post-Soviet space… (read more)
