Polish authorities must “immediately stop" cracking down on judges and prosecutors and reinstate judicial independence, Amnesty International said in aThe report, titled "Poland: Free Courts, Free People," documents the impact of reforms implemented by the ruling Law and Justice party in 2015, which the human rights watchdog describes as"a near wholesale take-over of the judiciary at various levels.
Poland should"immediately stop using disciplinary proceedings against judges and prosecutors merely for their exercise of the right to freedom of expression; for their rulings and other legitimate activities directly linked to their work," according the report. The findings were based on research conducted between March 2017 and May 2019 and interviews with Polish judges and prosecutors.
Poland is embroiled in a battle with Brussels over its judicial reforms. In June, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled the government's move to lower the retirement age of Supreme Court judges . The reform would have seen about 40 percent of sitting Supreme Court judges pushed out, including the president.of a newly established Supreme Court disciplinary body, which, according to an opinion issued last month by the court's advocate general,"does not satisfy the requirements of judicial independence under EU law.”
Who cares what Amnesty says?
They're just following Trump's lead....remember how he praised Poland when their president visited? Anyone surprised?
The great nation of Poland needs no advice from leftwing extremist organizations.
Amnesty my ass!
Communist judges must go.
Amnesty International can go to hell
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