Eye on Poland

The collection of articles and columns in English from the authors of OKO.press

Adam Bodnar, siedzi, głowę podpiera ręką, patrzy w obiektyw

Adam Bodnar

120 civil society organizations against the takeover of the office of the Ombudsman

OKO.press 18 April 2021

Jarosław Kaczyński

media pluralism

Media in Poland protest against the planned ‘advertising tax’. This means bankruptcy for many media and limits to pluralism

Sebastian Klauziński 9 February 2021

Petri Sarvamaa eurodeputowany

rule of law

Chief EP negotiator for the rule of law conditionality: ‘We gave nothing to Kaczyński and Orbán’

Maria Pankowska 31 December 2020

Poland LGBT protests

We get messages saying: “What are you doing, they’re going to hate us because of you”

Marta K. Nowak 9 August 2020

Akcja policji przeciw obrońcom osób LGBT

police brutality

“The policeman pinned her head to the pavement”. Demonstrations in defence of an LGBTQ activist in Poland meet with the...

Marta K. Nowak Hanna Szukalska Bartosz Kocejko 8 August 2020

Bart Staszewski zawiesił tablicę

lgbt free zones

The European Commission intervenes on LGBT-free zones. Its letter could be groundbreaking

Anton Ambroziak 4 June 2020

Jarosław Kaczyński

Poland elects

Presidential elections in Poland: what we know so far

Michał Danielewski 28 May 2020

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human rights

Poland is Europe’s homophobe. No country treats LGBTI citizens worse in the whole EU

Marta K. Nowak 15 May 2020

Ranking Freedom House nie pozostawia złudzeń - Kaczyński i Morawiecki wyprowadzają demokrację z Polski

Democracy in Poland

The National Electoral Commission deprived of its powers in Poland

Mariusz Jałoszewski Agata Szczęśniak 20 April 2020

Jarosław Kaczyński, Julia Przyłębska i Mateusz Morawiecki

Rule of Law

PiS losing the propaganda war over courts in Poland [IPSOS POLL]

Anna Wójcik 20 March 2020

rule of law

Šimečka: “There’s no Brussels police which could come and bend the Polish government to its will”

Maria Pankowska 8 March 2020

Sedzia Igor Tuleya

Rule of Law

Poland or Turkey? Judge Tuleya may face criminal charges for judgment critical of governing party PiS

Mariusz Jałoszewski 27 February 2020

Rule of Law

Łętowska: It was a “cooperative”, and the judges were co-opted to offer support. A new Council must be chosen

Anna Wójcik Piotr Pacewicz 24 February 2020

strefa wolna od lgbt w Polsce

lgbt free zones

We are sending 52 reports on ‘LGBT free zones’ to twin regions of the EU. Terminate the agreement!

Anton Ambroziak Piotr Pacewicz 21 February 2020

Zbigniew Ziobro

rule of law

Minister Ziobro: “Speaker of the Senate breached the Constitution by inviting the Venice Commission”. No, he didn’t

Maria Pankowska 14 January 2020

Stoją Jarosław Kaczyński stoi przy mównicy, z tyłu Zbigniew Ziobro

Rule of law

Judges under fire: 43 judges already targeted by disciplinary officer and prosecutors

Mariusz Jałoszewski 12 January 2020

gamechanger

The Senate in opposition hands means the end of PiS dreams of subordinating the Commissioner of Human Rights

Maria Pankowska 24 October 2019

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Game changer

Elections in Poland change political scene. PiS is deprived of the “liberals versus patriots” cudgel

Leszek Koczanowicz 20 October 2019

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