Journalist’s prison sentence postponed following protests
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 23 March 2004 CPJ press release: POLAND: Journalist’s prison sentence postponed following protests New York, March 23, 2004-The prison sentence of a journalist convicted of libeling a local official has been postponed after a large group of journalists protested the imprisonment. Andrzej Marek, editor-in-chief of the weekly Wiesci Polickie […]
RSF appeals for presidential pardon for journalist sentenced to prison term
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has urged Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski to grant journalist Andrzej Marek a presidential pardon. Marek was earlier sentenced to three months in prison with no parole for “defamation”. On 2 March 2004, a court in Szczecin, northwestern Poland, ordered the editor-in-chief of the local weekly “Wiesci Polickie” to present himself at the […]
Journalist given three-month jail sentence for libelling local official
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the confirmation of a three-month prison sentence imposed on provincial journalist Andrzej Marek for libelling a local official. The organisation called on the Polish Parliament to amend the country’s defamation laws and asked that Marek’s sentence be dropped. Marek, editor-in-chief of the weekly “Wiesci Polickie”, in the western town of […]
IFJ condemns gag order on two independent publications
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Gag Order on Two Independent Publications by Polish Authorities The International Federation of Journalists and its regional group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), today accused the Polish authorities of attacking the core principles of investigative journalism following a recent court decision to gag […]
IPI condemns authorities’ continued legal persecution and harassment of publishing company
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI statement: IPI Board Resolution on Presspublica At the Board Meeting of the International Press Institute (IPI) held in Salzburg on 13 September 2003, the IPI Board unanimously passed a resolution condemning the continued legal persecution and harassment by the Polish authorities of Presspublica Sp. z o.o., the publishing […]
IPI condemns interrogation of two members of publisher’s management board
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI letter to Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller and Justice Minister Grzegorz Kurczuk: His Excellency Leszek Miller Prime Minister of Poland Chancellery of the Prime Minister Warsaw Poland Fax: (+4822) 621 88 27 Grzegorz Kurczuk Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Al. Ujazdowskie II 00-950 Warsaw Poland Fax: (+4822) […]
WAN creates legal commission to monitor court cases brought against publishing company
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 13 February 2003 WAN press release: WAN Creates Legal Commission to Monitor Press Freedom in Poland The World Association of Newspapers has appointed two international media law experts to a legal commission to monitor press freedom in Poland, where the government is using the courts to harass an independent […]
IPI condemns legal persecution and harassment of publishing company
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 23 November 2002 IPI press release: IPI Resolution on Presspublica At the Board Meeting of the International Press Institute (IPI) in Vienna on 23 November 2002, the IPI board unanimously passed a resolution condemning the continued legal persecution and harassment by the Polish authorities of Presspublica Sp z.o.o., the […]
Government launches legal harassment campaign against independent newspaper
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 18 November 2002 For immediate release European Leaders Alerted to Polish Press Freedom Threat The World Association of Newspapers and the European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA) have warned European political leaders that the Polish government has launched a campaign of legal harassment against an independent […]
European journalists accuse government of “political manipulation” over advertising ban
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 9 September 2002 media release by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an IFJ regional group: European Journalists Accuse Poland of “Political Manipulation” Over Advertising Ban Leaders of the European Federation of Journalists, Europe’s largest journalists’ group, have condemned the Government of Poland for “political manipulation of the media […]
Two radio stations lose their broadcasting licences
(RSF/IFEX) – On 24 July 2002, RSF protested the non-renewal of two popular local radio stations’ licences by the Polish state broadcasting authority (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji, KRRiT) on 17 July. The organisation denounced the move as an arbitrary decision. “We are astonished that this decision has been made without warning, without any proper […]
WAN condemns persecution of editors and publishers
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 26 May 2002 WAN press release: Bruges, Belgium, 26 May 2002 World’s Press Condemns Polish Persecution of Editors & Publishers The World Association of Newspapers has condemned actions by Polish authorities that prevented three prominent editors and publishers from attending the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in […]
IFJ warns of crisis of confidence over media policy
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Journalists Warn of Crisis Of Confidence Over Media Policy in Poland Global journalists today called for the Polish authorities to withdraw actions against the majority owners of a leading daily newspaper, Rzeczpospolita, which they claim is the battleground in a struggle between state and private interests […]
IPI concerned over government’s recent decision to pass restrictive broadcasting law
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an 8 April 2002 IPI letter to Prime Minister Leszek Miller: His Excellency Leszek Miller Prime Minister of Poland Chancellery of the Prime Minister Warsaw Poland Fax: (+ 4822) 621 88 27 Vienna, 8 April 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists […]
Poland’s leading independent newspapers subject to legal harassment, attempts to undermine their financial independence
(WPFC/IFEX) – The following is a 5 April 2002 WPFC letter to President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Prime Minister Leszek Miller: 5 April 2002 His Excellency Mr. Aleksander Kwasniewski President of the Republic of Poland Warsaw, Poland Fax (4822) 695-1109 His Excellency Mr. Leszek Miller Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Warsaw, Poland Fax (4822) […]
IPI concerned over charges brought against three members of Presspublica managing board
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI letter to Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller: His Excellency Leszek Miller Prime Minister of Poland Chancellery of the Prime Minister Warsaw Poland Vienna, 27 February 2002 Fax: (+ 4822) 621 88 27 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading […]