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The Prosecutor General s Office of Poland Opened Case in Connection with the Ryanair Airplane Hijacking

Prosecutor General of Poland Zbigniew Ziobro ordered to initiate a criminal case over the Ryanair plane hijacking in Minsk. The Polish Prosecutor General says the Belarusian authorities might have used deception and threats to seize control over the aircraft, reports rmf.fm. We shall remind that Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the hijacking over Minsk an act of state terrorism. The Prosecutor General s Office of Lithuania has also launched an investigation into the Ryanair plane. As a reminder, yesterday Lukashenka ordered to launch a military helicopter and a fighter jet to force the landing of the Ryanair plane, which was flying from Athens to Vilnius. Also Belarusian air traffic controllers reported an alleged bomb on board. The plane landed in Minsk. There was journalist Raman Pratasevich on board; he and his girlfriend were detained.

Good News Stories - March 2021

Saudi Arabia A human rights defender from Saudi Arabia, Loujain al-Hathloul was released February 10th, after five years and eight months in prison - partially suspended by two years and ten months - by the Specialized Criminal Court. She was charged with “spying with foreign parties” and “conspiring against the kingdom” for promoting women’s rights and calling for the end of the male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia. Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Lynn Maalouf said: “ [Loujain’s] release after a harrowing ordeal in prison in Saudi Arabia lasting nearly three years is an incredible relief, but long overdue. Nothing can make up for the cruel treatment she has suffered, nor the injustice of her imprisonment. During her time in prison she was tortured and sexually harassed, held in solitary confinement and was denied access to her family for months at a time. Saudi Arabia’s authorities must ensure those responsib

Poland: Acquittal of women over rainbow halo posters the right decision

Elżbieta Podleśna © Marta Frej ‘offending religious beliefs’ with Virgin Mary image Authorities must stop using criminal justice system to target human rights activists ‘They had risked up to two years in prison simply for standing up for LGBTI rights in a climate of hate and discrimination in Poland’ - Catrinel Motoc Three Polish human rights activists have been acquitted today of charges of “offending religious beliefs” after they pasted up posters depicting the Virgin Mary with a halo in the rainbow colours of the LGBTI pride flag.  The Polish authorities had alleged that posters the three pasted up in various public places in the city of Plock on 29 April 2019 were “offensive”, accusing the three of “publicly insulting an object of religious worship in the form of this image which offended the religious feelings of others”.

MIL-OSI NGOs: Poland: Rainbow halo women s acquittal shows tactics of intimidation against activists

: Rainbow halo women’s acquittal shows tactics of intimidation against activists Responding to the acquittal of three women human rights activists in Poland on charges of ‘offending religious beliefs’ for distributing posters of the Virgin Mary with a halo in the rainbow colours of the LGBTI pride flag, Catrinel Motoc, Senior Campaigner in Amnesty International’s Europe Regional Office said: “These three women have been on trial simply for their peaceful activism, on charges which should never have been brought. They had risked up to two years in prison simply for standing up for LGBTI rights in a climate of hate and discrimination in Poland.”

Poland: Rainbow halo women s acquittal shows tactics of intimidation against activists

2 March 2021, 12:06 UTC Poland : Rainbow halo women’s acquittal shows tactics of intimidation against activists Responding to the acquittal of three women human rights activists in Poland on charges of ‘offending religious beliefs’ for distributing posters of the Virgin Mary with a halo in the rainbow colours of the LGBTI pride flag, Catrinel Motoc, Senior Campaigner in Amnesty International’s Europe Regional Office said: “These three women have been on trial simply for their peaceful activism, on charges which should never have been brought. They had risked up to two years in prison simply for standing up for LGBTI rights in a climate of hate and discrimination in Poland.”

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