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    <title>IFEX - Poland</title>
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    <description>Poland</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:38:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - ARTICLE 19 calls on president to veto media law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2009/07/20/veto_media_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 issued an open letter to the Polish President urging him not to promulgate the country’s new Law on Public Activity within the Sphere of Media Services.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2009/07/20/veto_media_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Two newspaper editors to be held in police custody for 48 hours prior to libel trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/11/08/two_newspaper_editors_to_be_held/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned legislation that enabled a Warsaw court on 30 October 2007 to order that the editor of the national weekly "Gazeta Polska&quot;, Tomasz Sakiewicz, and his deputy, Katarzyna Hejke, should be held in police custody for two days prior to the start of a libel trial on 14 December in order, the court said, to ensure they attend.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:21:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/11/08/two_newspaper_editors_to_be_held/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Les services spéciaux arrêtent l'ex-ministre qui a dénoncé les mises sur écoutes de journalistes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/08/30/les_services_sp_ciaux_arr_tent/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters sans frontières a appris, le 30 août 2007, que les services spéciaux étaient entrés, tôt dans la matinée, dans l'appartement du journaliste indépendant Sylwester Latkowski afin d'y interpeller, pour "entrave à la justice&quot;, l'ancien ministre de l'Intérieur, Janusz Kaczmarek. Il est poursuivi dans le cadre d'une enquête sur une fuite concernant une opération anticorruption du ministère de l'Agriculture. Limogé début août, il avait déclaré, le 22 août, devant une commission parlementaire chargée d'évaluer les activités des services spéciaux, que le ministre de la Justice, Zbigniew Ziobro, et le Premier ministre, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, avaient fait mettre sur écoutes de nombreux journalistes, critiques à l'égard du gouvernement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:20:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/08/30/les_services_sp_ciaux_arr_tent/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Secret services arrest former minister who exposed phone tapping]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/08/30/secret_services_arrest_former_minister/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has learned that members of the special services entered the apartment of freelance journalist Sylwester Latkowski in the early hours of 30 August 2007 in order to arrest former interior minister Janusz Kaczmarek in connection with a leak about an anti-corruption operation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:16:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/08/30/secret_services_arrest_former_minister/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Ex-minister accuses intelligence services of tapping journalists' phones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/08/24/ex_minister_accuses_intelligence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Former government member Janusz Kaczmarek, who was fired as interior minister in early August 2007, reportedly told a behind-closed-doors meeting of the parliamentary commission for the secret services on 22 August that the phones of journalists critical of the government were tapped on the orders of justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro and Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:52:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/08/24/ex_minister_accuses_intelligence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Journalist sentenced to six months' imprisonment, fined for defaming judge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/07/23/journalist_sentenced_to_six_months/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 23 July 2007 IPI letter to Polish President Lech Kaczynski:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:58:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/07/23/journalist_sentenced_to_six_months/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Spanish daily and Catalan feminist face trial in Wroclaw for "defaming Poland"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/06/21/spanish_daily_and_catalan_feminist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned a lawsuit that was brought against the Spanish daily "El País&quot; in the southwestern city of Wroclaw on 5 June 2007 accusing it of "defaming the Polish people&quot; in an article by former Spanish parliamentarian Pilar Rahola entitled "Poland still freezes the soul&quot; that was published on 17 March.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:11:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/06/21/spanish_daily_and_catalan_feminist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - New "vetting" law may have serious impact on media, says IPI]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/04/12/new_vetting_law_may_have_serious/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:03:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/04/12/new_vetting_law_may_have_serious/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - LAW WOULD BAN TALK OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN SCHOOLS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/03/27/law_would_ban_talk_of_homosexuality/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Polish government's proposed legislation to censor all discussion of homosexuality in schools would "deny children free speech and lifesaving information on HIV/AIDS," said Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:43:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/03/27/law_would_ban_talk_of_homosexuality/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Government proposes law censoring discussion of homosexuality in schools, academic institutions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/03/21/government_proposes_law_censoring/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a 19 March 2007 Human Rights Watch press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:13:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/03/21/government_proposes_law_censoring/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Court halts appeal by editor facing imprisonment for libel; IPI urges presidential pardon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/01/23/court_halts_appeal_by_editor_facing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 22 January 2007 IPI letter to Polish President Lech Kaczy&amp;#324;ski:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:02:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2007/01/23/court_halts_appeal_by_editor_facing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Constitutional courts uphold defamation as a criminal offence: journalist Andrzej Marek could be sent back to prison ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/11/03/constitutional_courts_uphold_defamation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has condemned the Polish constitutional court's decision to uphold Article 212 of the Criminal Code, under which defaming or publicly humiliating someone is punishable by up to a year in prison, or two years if done in the media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:56:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/11/03/constitutional_courts_uphold_defamation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Pressure on German journalists continues in wake of article making fun of Polish president]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/07/25/pressure_on_german_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has expressed alarm at the Polish government's campaign against the German daily "Die Tageszeitung&quot; and its reporter Peter Kohler, who wrote an article last month poking fun at President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who are identical twin brothers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:01:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/07/25/pressure_on_german_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Police shut down neo-fascist website that threatened journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/07/10/police_shut_down_neo_fascist_website/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On 5 July 2006, police closed the Polish website of Redwatch, an international neo-fascist group based in the United States. The http://www.redwatch.info/sites/redwatch.htm site had posted the names of at least 17 journalists, calling them "traitors to the race&quot; and threatening them with reprisals for their anti-fascist views. The Polish authorities also shut down http://www.bhpoland.org/strona/pl, the website of Blood and Honour, another far-right group.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:22:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/07/10/police_shut_down_neo_fascist_website/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Government demands closure of far-right website]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/05/29/government_demands_closure_of_far/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On 28 May 2006, the Polish government called on US authorities to shut down the far-right Internet website Redwatch, which is run from the United States, a government spokesman said. The move follows a 24 May appeal by RSF to Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro to investigate far-right Polish groups, such as "Blood and Honour&quot;, that are publicised by Redwatch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 17:18:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/05/29/government_demands_closure_of_far/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Threats to 15 journalists appear on neo-fascist website]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/05/26/threats_to_15_journalists_appear/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has written to Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro to alert him to serious threats being made against Polish journalists by Redwatch, an extreme right-wing group that advocates violence. Redwatch-Poland ( http://www.redwatch.info/sites/redwatch.htm ) has posted a list of 15 left-wing and far-left journalists and directly threatened them with reprisals for their anti-fascist views.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 16:46:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/05/26/threats_to_15_journalists_appear/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Journalist released after imprisonment for libel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/01/26/journalist_released_after_imprisonment/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:18:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/01/26/journalist_released_after_imprisonment/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Journalist begins 3-month jail term for criminal libel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/01/17/journalist_begins_3_month_jail/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:24:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/01/17/journalist_begins_3_month_jail/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IPI urges repeal of prison sentence against editor for libel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/01/03/ipi_urges_repeal_of_prison_sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI letter to President Lech Kaczynski and Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:54:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2006/01/03/ipi_urges_repeal_of_prison_sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IPI concerned about legal actions aimed at intimidating "Polityka"'s staff ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/12/19/ipi_concerned_about_legal_actions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI letter to Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski: ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/12/19/ipi_concerned_about_legal_actions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IPI worried about recent civil legal actions against the media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/09/29/ipi_worried_about_recent_civil/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI letter to President Aleksander Kwasniewski:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:44:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/09/29/ipi_worried_about_recent_civil/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IPI concerned at treatment of "Rzeczpospolita" editor-in-chief]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/09/20/ipi_concerned_at_treatment_of_rzeczpospolita/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI letter to President Aleksander Kwasniewski:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:40:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/09/20/ipi_concerned_at_treatment_of_rzeczpospolita/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Journalist faces prison for refusing to reveal sources]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/09/02/journalist_faces_prison_for_refusing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has condemned a court order requiring Maciej Mikolajczyk, an investigative journalist with the satirical weekly "Nie&quot;, to hand over his computer hard disk by 5 September 2005.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:36:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/09/02/journalist_faces_prison_for_refusing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Police arrest Indymedia contributor and accuse him of assaulting an officer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/05/19/police_arrest_indymedia_contributor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On 16 May 2005, Grzegorz Prujszyk, a student contributor to the Indymedia Poland website, was arrested and mistreated by police after filming an anti-war demonstration in Warsaw.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 14:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/05/19/police_arrest_indymedia_contributor/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Radio editor faces possible suspension over live debate about the Pope]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/05/16/radio_editor_faces_possible_suspension/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Management of the state-run Polskie Radio have announced their decision to suspend editor Pawel Sito after he staged a live radio debate in which some young listeners criticised the late Pope John Paul II. The journalist's dismissal is still being discussed within the broadcast company.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 14:58:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/05/16/radio_editor_faces_possible_suspension/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Reporter for "Poland Monthly" magazine target of judicial harassment campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/04/22/reporter_for_poland_monthly_magazine/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(WPFC/IFEX) - The following is a 21 April 2005 WPFC press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:04:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/04/22/reporter_for_poland_monthly_magazine/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - CRIMINAL DEFAMATION LAWS HAMPER FREE EXPRESSION]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/02/02/criminal_defamation_laws_hamper/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Poland's criminal defamation laws have come under heavy criticism from the International Press Institute (IPI), ARTICLE 19 and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), who say recent court decisions could set a dangerous legal precedent for freedom of expression in the country. They argue that the laws conflict with the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty to which Poland became a signatory when it joined the European Union in 2004.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:04:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/02/02/criminal_defamation_laws_hamper/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Publisher of weekly magazine fined]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/01/26/publisher_of_weekly_magazine_fined/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:25:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/01/26/publisher_of_weekly_magazine_fined/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Prosecutor requests suspended prison sentence for "offensive" editorial about the pope]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/01/19/prosecutor_requests_suspended_prison/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - The prosecution of satirical newspaper editor Jerzy Urban for an editorial about Pope John Paul II could set "a dangerous precedent for a European Union member state," RSF has warned.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:03:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2005/01/19/prosecutor_requests_suspended_prison/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Publisher and editor faces criminal charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/09/28/publisher_and_editor_faces_criminal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI letter to President Aleksander Kwasniewski:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:08:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/09/28/publisher_and_editor_faces_criminal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IFEX MEMBERS RAISE CONCERNS OVER LIBEL LAWS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/07/07/ifex_members_raise_concerns_over/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Poland's libel laws are coming under greater scrutiny in the free-expression community, with four IFEX members voicing concerns in the past week over at least 20 legal actions launched against journalists and independent media in the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/07/07/ifex_members_raise_concerns_over/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IFJ voices concern over number of legal actions against reporters and independent media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/07/01/ifj_voices_concern_over_number/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 18:06:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/07/01/ifj_voices_concern_over_number/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Journalist sentenced to three months in prison for defamation; RSF calls for presidential pardon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/06/23/journalist_sentenced_to_three_months/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On 22 June 2004, the Warsaw Supreme Court upheld a three-month prison sentence against Andrzej Marek, editor-in-chief of local weekly "Wiesci Polickie&quot;, for libelling a local official.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:49:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/06/23/journalist_sentenced_to_three_months/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Journalist sentenced to one month in prison for libel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/05/07/journalist_sentenced_to_one_month/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 7 May 2004 IPI letter to Minister of Justice Marek Sadowski:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2004 13:11:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/05/07/journalist_sentenced_to_one_month/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Journalist's prison sentence postponed following protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/03/25/journalist_s_prison_sentence_postponed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 23 March 2004 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:43:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/03/25/journalist_s_prison_sentence_postponed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - RSF appeals for presidential pardon for journalist sentenced to prison term]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/03/05/rsf_appeals_for_presidential_pardon/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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&quot;.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2004 17:22:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/03/05/rsf_appeals_for_presidential_pardon/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - Journalist given three-month jail sentence for libelling local official]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/02/09/journalist_given_three_month_jail/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2004 13:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2004/02/09/journalist_given_three_month_jail/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IFJ condemns gag order on two independent publications]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2003/12/08/ifj_condemns_gag_order_on_two_independent/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:34:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2003/12/08/ifj_condemns_gag_order_on_two_independent/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IPI condemns authorities' continued legal persecution and harassment of publishing company]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2003/09/18/ipi_condemns_authorities_continued/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI statement:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:18:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - IPI condemns interrogation of two members of publisher's management board]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2003/06/23/ipi_condemns_interrogation_of_two/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI letter to Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller and Justice Minister Grzegorz Kurczuk:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:34:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - WAN APPOINTS LAW EXPERTS TO MONITOR PRESS FREEDOM]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2003/02/18/wan_appoints_law_experts_to_monitor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Poland, where the publisher of independent newspaper "Rzeczpospolita" is facing increased legal harassment from authorities, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has appointed two international media law experts to pay closer scrutiny to the press-freedom situation there. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2003/02/18/wan_appoints_law_experts_to_monitor/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poland - WAN creates legal commission to monitor court cases brought against publishing company]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2003/02/14/wan_creates_legal_commission_to/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/poland/2003/02/14/wan_creates_legal_commission_to/</guid>
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