– EU urged to address rule of law and basic rights in Poland (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 15, 2017

Despite repeated warnings by international bodies and civil society organisations, the Polish government has continued on its course of undermining the rule of law, tightening its grip on media and backsliding on human rights protection.
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