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Poland: Poor legal and medical access for people in police custody among concerns raised in Anti-Torture Committee report
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
28 October 2020
Strasbourg
In its latest report on police detention facilities, the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) stresses that Poland has failed to implement previous recommendations for proper legal and medical access, and that...
Poland: Congress conducts remote fact-finding mission on situation of LGBTI+
Congress
27 October 2020
Strasbourg
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will conduct a remote fact-finding mission on 2 and 3 November 2020 on the situation of LGBTI+ people in Poland. This mission follows a request from members of the Polish parliament regarding the increasing attacks and...