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December 3, 2021 Dispatches

Asylum Rights Thrown into a Frozen Ditch on Poland-Belarus Border

European Commission Proposes Measures “To Apply the Fiction of Non-Entry”

Blankets and sleeping bags strewn across a forest floor
November 24, 2021 News Release

Belarus/Poland: Abuse, Pushbacks At Border

Ensure Humanitarian Access, Protect People from Violence

Two women and a child huddle in sleeping bags on the forest floor after crossing the Polish-Belarusian border near Michalowo on October 6, 2021.
November 15, 2021 Commentary

Immigrant Detention Is Expensive, and Alternatives Are Just As Effective

Case Management Programs Cost Less and Are More Humane than Imprisoning Asylum Seekers

Photo of person being released from immigration detention.
November 12, 2021 Dispatches

Stuck in Limbo Between Poland and Belarus

Ensure Humanitarian Access, End Ping-Pong Pushbacks

A group of men seated on the ground
October 19, 2021 News Release

Poland: A Year On, Abortion Ruling Harms Women

Anniversary Marks Ongoing Assault on Women’s Rights, Rule of Law

Women take part in a demonstration against the Polish abortion law, in Wroclaw, Poland, on March 17, 2021.
October 13, 2021 Dispatches

Poland’s Compromised Court Threatens Rule of Law in Europe

Decision Shows Need for Decisive Action to Defend EU Founding Values

Cover for Poland Report
October 6, 2021 Commentary

Hungary’s Path Puts Everyone’s Rights in Danger

The ostensible assault on LGBT+ rights in Hungary, Poland and Russia has a very big target—anyone who signs up to universal norms.

An activist holding the EU flag during a protest in Warsaw against “LGBT ideology free zones”. ©2021 Attila Husejnow / SOPA Images/Sipa USA
September 2, 2021 Dispatches

Afghans Stuck at Poland’s Border Need Protection

Polish Authorities Should Allow Access to Territory and Asylum Process

Polish security forces surround migrants at the border with Belarus in Usnarz Gorny, Poland on September 1, 2021. 
August 12, 2021 Dispatches

Poland Targets TV Channel, Limits Press Freedom and Pluralism

Senate Should Reject Bill Preventing Foreign Media Owners

A woman holds a sign with the words "Free media" in Warsaw, Poland on August 11, 2021.
July 23, 2021 Dispatches

Europe’s Lack of Vision on Rule of Law

Reporting Not Matched by Action to Protect Democratic Institutions

European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders delivers the opening statements during a plenary session on the Commissions 2020 Rule of law report at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on June 23, 2021. 
July 16, 2021 Dispatches

Poland Undermines Justice at Home and across Europe

Compromised Tribunal Rejects EU Rulings

A pro-EU protestor stands outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland, on April 28, 2021 with posters that say Rule of Law and No Polexit!
June 18, 2021 News Release

EU: Use Article 7 Now to Protect European Values

Concerted Action Needed to Counter Rule of Law Threats in Poland and Hungary

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015.
June 4, 2021 Dispatches

Climate Defenders Threatened, Struggle to Make Their Voices Heard

Civil Society Participation Key to Success at UN Climate Talks

Residents and environmental activists on Lamu island, Kenya, protest the proposed Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia (LAPSSET) project on March 1, 2012.  © 2012 Reuters/Joseph Okanga
June 1, 2021 Background Briefing

Submission on the Challenges and Threats Facing Climate Defenders

To the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association

Activists from mining communities protesting at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on August 24, 2018, KwaZulu-Natal © 2018 Rob Symons
May 10, 2021 News Release

Europe: Redouble Efforts to End Violence Against Women

Mark Istanbul Convention’s 10th Anniversary with Action

People gathered in Istanbul in March 2021 to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty designed to safeguard women from gender-based violence. 

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