Poland’s right-wing government poised to seize more control of the judiciary than Yanukovych achieved in Ukraine

Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 10:27 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

Poland’s ruling party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość [PiS] is set to gain effective control over the National Council of the Judiciary and influence over all judicial appointments in the country. Many of their moves seem ominously reminiscent of the methods used to gain control – and he hoped, to maintain it, by Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group