Poland: Escalating Threats to Women Activists

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Protesters hold a banner of Strajk Kobiet (Women's Strike) during a protest in Warsaw on March 8, International Women's Day, organized by the Women's Strike (Strajk Kobiet) against the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the decision of the Constitutional Court. © 2021 Attila Husejnow / SOPA Images / Sipa USA. (Berlin) – Bomb and death threats targeting at least seven groups in Poland for supporting women’s rights and the right to abortion are disturbing reminders of escalating risks to women’s human rights defenders in the country, Human Rights Watch, CIVICUS,…

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