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Incidents in Poland, stage: pressure
Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.
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Poland's new government gains power to replace public broadcaster leadership, and journalists are dismissed
Weeks after winning power, Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) party passed a law letting the treasury minister directly appoint and dismiss the heads of public radio and television, and dozens of journalists at the public broadcaster were subs…
Funding and ownership pressure · Stage Pressure · Head of government Beata Szydlo · Sustained
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