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February 8, 2023

Poland: Prisoners beaten, suffocated and waterboarded

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Europe Torture Violence Poland

Inmates at Barczewo prison have faced physical and mental torture, including beatings, suffocation and waterboarding, according to a new report.

April 21, 2022

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Poland

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Europe Justice Material conditions Facilities Poland

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Poland from 21 March to 1 April 2022. It was the Committee’s seventh periodic visit to this country.

March 17, 2021

Polonia: la absolución de las mujeres del halo arcoíris pone en evidencia tácticas de intimidación contra activistas

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Pre-trial detention Women Europe LGBTQI Access to legal rights Poland

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

September 12, 2019

Poland: HFHR helps 80-year-old prisoner in European court case

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Europe Poland

Prison populations are ageing but facilities and care are not keeping up with the change. HFHR has submitted an amicus curiae brief to the ECtHR in the case of an 80 year-old woman who claimed her rights were violated while in detention

August 5, 2019

Poland: groundbreaking lawsuit targets violations at controversial psychiatric facility

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Europe Mental health Poland

A client of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) has filed a lawsuit against the State Treasury, seeking damages for multiple violations at the National Centre for the Prevention of Dissocial Behaviours.

July 31, 2018

Poland arrest warrant case highlights broader issues

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Poland

The EU Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled Ireland was allowed to take into account Polish judicial independence before extraditing suspects.

May 17, 2018

Pologne : accusé de viol et de meurtre, il est acquitté après avoir passé... 18 ans en prison

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Europe Poland

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

February 7, 2018

Pologne : le président promulgue une loi controversée punissant ceux qui accusent le pays d'avoir participé à la Shoah

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Europe Poland

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

February 2, 2018

Polish President signs bill giving jail time for implicating Poland in the Holocaust

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Europe Poland

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda announced Tuesday that he would sign a controversial Holocaust bill which has sparked tensions with Israel, the U.S. and Ukraine