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How can David stand up to Goliath? Follow the first International Conference on SLAPPs in Poland
Freedom of speech
Position statement by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the changes in the public media
Freedom of speech
New project: Protecting Freedom of Expression by Supporting ECtHR Implementation
Freedom of speech
Kyrgyzstan: Effort to Shut Down Independent News Outlet
Freedom of speech
HFHR joins the newly launched project - Free Media Hub EAST
Freedom of speech
From the regional press to Orlen Press. The Foundation's report
Freedom of speech
European Media Freedom Act: open letter to Olaf Scholz, the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Freedom of speech
Media freedom in the EU in steady decline, annual report by 20+ civil liberties groups finds
Freedom of speech
Belarusian Association of Journalists designated as “extremist group” - joint statement of The Observatory and Helsinki Foundation For Human Rights
Freedom of speech, Human rights defenders
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has joined the group of signatories of the open letter on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)
Freedom of speech
Kyrgyzstan: Corruption-busting journalist facing prison after new punitive charges
Human rights defenders, Freedom of speech
Abortion Dream Team activist accused of aiding an abortion. HFHR submits an amicus curiae brief
Equal treatment, Human rights defenders
Situation on the Polish-Belarusian border
The rights of migrants
HFHR takes action in response to police conduct in Głogów
złożyła w tej sprawie zawiadomienie do prokuratury. Po prawie pięciu miesiącach prokuratura odmówiła wszczęcia śledztwa – w jej ocenie czyny funkcjonariusza i jego przełożonych nie zawierały znamion czynu zabronionego.;
Legally incapacitated persons must be allowed to vote in EP elections, says HFHR
Equal treatment
CJEU Advocate General: EU law prohibits discrimination within a group of disabled employees
Equal treatment
JUSTICIA’s statement on protecting human rights in places of detention during the Covid-19 crisis
Law enforcement services
New elections law: new problems. HFHR comments on a law setting special rules for the carrying out of universal elections of the President of Poland
Rule of law and fair trial
HFHR comments on all-postal presidential election bill
Rule of law and fair trial
Statement of the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on comments made by the President of the Republic of Poland on the Commissioner for Human Rights
Immediate and effective ceasefire to fight COVID-19: civil society appeal to all parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine
States must combat domestic violence in the context of COVID-19 lockdowns
Freedom from torture, Equal treatment
Accountability for police violence – a systemic problem. HFHR sends a communication to CoE Committee of Ministers
Law enforcement services
Poland yet to comply with ECtHR judgments on access to abortion
Rule of law and fair trial, Freedom from torture
More and more persons detained pending trial. HFHR sends communication to CoE Committee of Ministers
Rule of law and fair trial, Law enforcement services
Court to reopen printing discrimination case. HFHR: CJEU’s ruling needed
Equal treatment, Rule of law and fair trial
Civil procedure rules on instructions must be streamlined, HFHR writes to CoE Committee of Ministers
Law enforcement services, Rule of law and fair trial
Amended Code of Execution of Criminal Sentences fails to address issues related to personal searches, HFHR writes to CoE Committee of Ministers
Law enforcement services, Rule of law and fair trial
HFHR’s communication to Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers: Polish authorities are still failing to address lengthy pre-trial detention
Law enforcement services
European NGOs submit a joint amicus curiae brief to ECtHR in a case involving the confirmation of Polish citizenship for a child of a same-sex couple
Equal treatment
Last hearing in case of Igor Stachowiak’s death in police custody
Law enforcement services, Freedom from torture
HFHR on prohibition of Rzeszów Equality March
Freedom of assembly, Equal treatment
Administrative court rules on transcription of LGBT family child’s birth certificate
Equal treatment
HFHR issues statement on arrest of Elżbieta Podleśna
Equal treatment, Freedom of assembly, Law enforcement services
Incapacitated persons will vote in European Elections, says court in landmark ruling
Equal treatment