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Press Freedom Threatened by Poland's New Commission on Russian Influence [RSF]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the European Commission and European Parliament to prevent Poland's new commission of inquiry into Russian influence on internal security from being used to wage a witchhunt against journalists critical of the government in the run-up to next autumn's parliamentary elections. -
PiS Resumes Political and Regulatory Pressure on Poland's Independent Media [RSF]
After a relatively quiet year for press freedom in Poland, independent media are again being threatened by baseless political accusations, opaque regulatory proceedings and a discriminatory bill. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities to stop undermining the right to information. -
Will Poland Be the Only EU Country to Jail a Journalist for Doing Their Job? [REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Gdansk prosecutor's office to abandon its proceedings against Gazeta Wyborcza reporter Katarzyna Włodkowska, who is facing a possible 30-day prison sentence for refusing to reveal her source for a story about the assassination of Gdansk's mayor in 2019. -
Reporters Without Borders Declares "Press Freedom State of Emergency" in Poland
Since PiS became the ruling party again in 2015, Poland has fallen 46 places in RSF's World Press Freedom Index and is now ranked 64th out of 180 countries. The latest evidence of this alarming deterioration in press freedom in Poland is a ban on journalists reporting near the border with Belarus, even to cover stories that clearly serve the public interest.
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