Polish president sends government bill criminalising anti-LGBT+ hate speech to constitutional court

Reply to Jeremy Waldron (Chapter 17) - The Content and Context of Hate Speech

The Content and Context of Hate Speech - April 2012

Polish president sends government bill criminalising anti-LGBT+ hate speech to constitutional court

Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Conservative president, Andrzej Duda, has not signed into law a bill proposed by the government and passed by parliament that would expand Poland’s hate crime l…

Polish President blocks Tusk government’s hate speech legislation bill

Polish President Andrzej Duda has refused to sign into law a government bill on hate speech from the centre-left coalition government led by Prime Minister…

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President Andrzej Duda has referred the amendment to the Penal Code concerning the hate speech act to the Constitutional Tribunal for preventive control. This has sparked mixed opinions online. "It is very good that President Andrzej Duda did not sign the act on censorship," wrote the Confederation's presidential candidate Sławomir Mentzen. Sławomir Nitras, among others, had a different opinion. "What you need to have in mind (...) Duda is actin…

The decision of the President of the Republic of Poland was received with moderate joy and cautious relief by supporters of freedom of speech in Poland. Those counting on gagging the right-wing part of public opinion, on the other hand, expressed disappointment. The head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Małgorzata Paprocka, wrote about the decision announced on Thursday: "President Andrzej Duda referred the so-calle…