Prosecutors under the Law and Justice party used Israeli software, which replaced Pegasus, to gather information about judges from Iustitia and Themis and journalists. Hermes was used against journalists from OKO.press, TVN, Onet, ‘Wyborcza’ and RMF FM. Their entries and articles critical of Ziobra’s people were checked

Trial of five in Hajnówka. They face prison for helping. “We should not be afraid of people in need”.

“We have come to understand the workings of the Justice Fund mainly thanks to the efforts of journalists—not from the documents left behind by our predecessors,” said Deputy Minister of Justice Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz.

Rebuilding the rule of law is both a challenge and an opportunity to demonstrate to other countries emerging from authoritarianism that it can be done. Where do we stand now? What picture emerges from the legal changes and battles, as detailed in OKO.press?

Crimes motivated by hatred based on gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability may now be prosecuted ex officio—this is a proposal from the Ministry of Justice that has just been approved by the government.

The National Prosecutor’s Office was authorized to forcibly enter the office of Ziobro’s disciplinary officers, located near the neo-NCJ (National Council of the Judiciary). It was also permitted to conduct a search there and seize files related to disciplinary proceedings initiated against independent judges.

“We have given a lot of substantive content, and we hope the government will notice and use it,” he said. The government announced the formal establishment of a working group to which it will invite civil society representatives. The civic hearing on Poland’s migration strategy included a number of important voices

“I don’t understand why a conservative party isn’t fighting for the formalization of relationships and the security of families. Leaving people in legal limbo seems cruel,” says Minister Katarzyna Kotula in an interview with OKO.press. She responds to the arguments of coalition partners from PSL, who oppose the introduction of the civil partnerships bill.

In a letter to Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ombudsman Marcin Wiącek clarifies that there is no basis for assuming that individuals appointed to judicial positions since 2018 are not legitimate judges and that the rulings they have issued are non-existent.

On October 17, the migration strategy was officially published on the government’s website. On Tuesday, the government discussed the strategy, and during the deliberations, a sentence was added to the document regarding parliamentary oversight of asylum-related legislation.