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Poland's communists call for international support and an end to persecution
Poland's President Andrzej Duda is hugging First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda during a ruling Law and Justice party convention that backed his re-election bid in the May 10 presidential vote in Warsaw, Poland, last week
THE Communist Party of Poland (CPP) appealed for international support today prior to next month’s reopening of court proceedings against the editorial board of the party’s newspaper Brzask.
Party officials say that the prosecution is politically motivated — part of a campaign by the state authorities to outlaw the party.
The case has continued for the past four years, despite an acquittal on all charges last year. It was reopened following an appeal by the prosecutor, which the CPP warned was “subordinated to the government.”
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