Newsletter 16 -22 May 2017
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„Death at a police station” – a shocking case of torture
On 20 May 2017, a documentary was shown about the death of 25-year-old Igor Stachowiak who died at a police station in Stare Miasto district of Wrocław. The whole proceeding on the case was monitored by the Commissioner for Human Rights [more]. The victim was shot with an electric stun gun several times, even when his hands were in handcuffs. – This was an obvious case of torture, said Adam Bodnar in an interview for Super Express daily newspaper [more].
A month before the CHR issued a special report on torture and methods of preventing it at the police [more].
Regional meetings in the Pomorskie voivodeship
From 15 to 17 May, the CHR’s regional meetings in the Pomorskie voivodeship were held. The CHR visited Gdynia, Gdańsk and Malbork.
Modern forms of support to persons with disabilities were the subject of a meeting held at the foundation Wspólnota Burego Misia in Kościerzyna [more]. We also visited the Pokolenia foundation in Tczew [more]. Topics relating to the regional Kashubian identity were discussed in a meeting of the association named Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie in Gdańsk [more]. The problem of conflicts between divorcing parents was the subject of a meeting with the Pelikan Families’ Association in Gdańsk [more].
The CHR also visited residents of the hearing impaired youth Correctional Centre no. 2 in Wejherowo [more].
Adam Bodnar met with students of the General Secondary School no. 2 in Gdynia [more] and of the Marian Osiński Building Construction Vocational Schools in Gdańsk [more]. He also visited Pozytywna Szkoła Podstawowa primary school in Gdańsk, whose problems were presented to him in one of his regional meetings [more]. The CHR saw the exceptional library in Rumia [more].
The Commissioner also took part in the national meeting of organisations working in rural areas, held in Maróz [more], where he spoke with forty representatives of non-governmental organisations [more].
On 25 May, the CHR will hold regional meetings in Płock and Ciechanów.
Domestic violence is not funny. The CHR’s response to the statements of Tomasz Adamek, a boxer, in a TVN television station’s show [more].
The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
In the 21st century, it is impossible to be proud of not prosecuting anyone because of sexual orientation; this is not allowable at all, said the Commissioner for Human Rights on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
This way, in a programme aired on Tok.fm radio, Adam Bodnar referred to the words of Prof. Lech Morawski who, in a recent debate in Oxford, spoke about the situation of the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland [more].
THE COMMISSIONER ON CITIZENS’ ISSUES
The CHR on the draft regulation of the Ministry of Education, providing for discontinuation, in educational institutions, of the individual education system for children with disabilities [more].
The case of Ms Stefania who was threatened with eviction. The Court of Appeal took into account the CHR’s arguments [more].
The CHR on income tax on real property sold by widows and widowers: a positive ruling of the seven-judge panel of the Supreme Administrative Court [more].
“Local policy on senior persons as a guarantee of exercising the rights of the elderly: from good practices to systemic solutions” – a conference in Piła [more].
What about the EU subsidies for farmers? The Commissioner’s inquiry to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development [more].
The Commissioner asks the Minister of Health about the operation of the procreation health care programme [more].
The CHR: the merger of the Agricultural Market Agency and the Agricultural Property Agency may breach employee rights [more].
The conference Counteracting homelessness: solidarity in action in Gdańsk. A speech by Adam Bodnar [more].
The Commissioner on valorisation of retirement pensions [more].
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