“Joanna Lichocka is said to have received “dozens of death threats and demands that she resign her parliamentary seat”. This is all the result of the billboards with “Lichocka’s gesture” believes the law firm representing the MP and demanding an apology for this,” reads wyborcza.pl. Lawyers representing Lichocka have contacted the organisers of the billboard […]
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Topic: Civil liberties
MP Lichocka demands apology for billboards with “Lichocka’s gesture”
MP Joanna Lichocka is demanding an apology from the organisers of a public fundraiser that resulted in several hundred billboards showing her vulgar gesture being put up across the country. “The MP has ended her political and media quarantine and decided to remind Poles of her friendly greeting,” respond the organisers of the fundraiser. Recall: […]
New billboards with Joanna Liсhoсka’s unparliamentary gesture. “The true face of PiS politicians”
Comments about Joanna Liсhoсka’s inappropriate conduct in the Sejm are not subsiding. The MP had the chance to admire a billboard immortalising her unparliamentary gesture. At present, funds are being raised for the production of new advertising banners. PLN 215,000 – that’s how much money has been donated so far to a fundraising campaign to […]
ODF among signatories of letter to MEPs on civic space and civil dialogue
The Open Dialogue Foundation is proud to find itself among civic organisations from across Europe, urging EU leaders to put civic space and civil dialogue high on the EU agenda.
DGP part 3: Kozlovska, Platon and the theft of the century
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs argues that they were against using the discussion about the Open Dialogue Foundation in Poland to deal with the Moldovan opposition.
DGP part 1: Kozlovska’s case. State trash lab [DGP investigations]
DGP has a full report from the Moldovan Investigation Committee on the Open Dialogue Foundation. The document indicates that Poland might have cooperated on the ODF case with the special services in that country controlled by the oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc.
Moldova: Political persecution of critics and opponents of authorities
Submission to the European Commission for consideration at the EU-Moldova Human Rights Dialogue
“Politics of Hate and Harassment in the Public Sphere – How to Counter Them?” — broadcast announcement
Watch our event online with Public Television Network Video-KOD. We invite all those who will not be able to meet us and our guests in person at the Wilcza Conference Centre to participate in the debate online. The broadcast will be available on 8 May from 17:40 on the FB channel Video-KOD at the link […]
PACE members: “Political prosecutions undermine the trust in the Kazakhstani justice system”
During the summer session of PACE, twenty-two members signed a written declaration, deploring the use of torture in detention facilities and the lack of investigation related to this systemic practice in Kazakhstan, as well as the severe violations of the right to peaceful assembly.
PACE members urge Kazakhstan to “respect the freedom of speech [and] the freedom of peaceful assembly” and to “stop blocking social media sites”
During the last Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Spring session, on 25 April 2018, twenty-nine members signed a written declaration, expressing their “serious concern” about the ongoing attacks on civil liberties in Kazakhstan and calling for “cessation of blocking social media
ODF visits PACE: “Civil liberties in Ukraine and Kazakhstan at stake”
On the occasion of the Spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a delegation of human rights defenders and civil society experts were present in Strasbourg between Monday 23 and Wednesday 25 April, 2018
Report: The persecution of the DCK activists in Kazakhstan
The Kazakhstani court has banned the activities of the new opposition movement ‘Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan’. The slightest support of the DCK has been penalised with prison terms.
Unprecedented attacks on the Open Dialogue Foundation in Poland
In the light of the recent developments in Poland, one of the most urgent problems is the attack on civil society by governmental administration bodies. Non-governmental organisations, critical of the state authorities have been subjected to unprecedented pressure.
MEPs support politically prosecuted individuals in Moldova and urge government authorities to abide by their commitments to the rule of law and respect for human rights
On December 13, 2017, MEPs – Ana Gomes, Tunne Kelam, Jaromir Stetina, Indrek Tarand, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Julie Ward – addressed the Moldovan authorities with regard to the worrisome developments of the state of democracy and the crackdown on civil society taking place in the country.
Information on unprecedented attacks on civil society organisations in Poland
In the light of the recent developments in Poland, one of the most urgent problems is the attack on civil society by governmental administration bodies. Non-governmental organisations, critical of the state authorities (including Obywatele RP [Citizens of Poland], Fundacja Otwarty Dialog