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March 22, 2019 was a breakthrough day for the Polish judiciary. On this day the government has indeed crossed the Rubicon River, shatteringly violating the rule of law and breeching the sphere of tie judicial independence of the judge. Alina Czubieniak the judge of the Regional Court (second level of the three level system of the common courts in Poland) in Gorzów Wlkp was convicted in the disciplinary proceeding by the judges of the new Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court for issuing the...

“There is a danger when politics enters the judiciary,” warned Judge Sławomir Jęksa in his summing up of his decision to accept the appeal of a woman who had been charged for using offensive language at a rally. More: https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/04/when-polish-judges-become-human-rights-defenders-view?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1554368345...

The European Commission opened a new infringement procedure against Poland on Wednesday, saying a new disciplinary regime the right-wing government in Warsaw has introduced for judges dealt a blow to judicial independence. (http://www.tvn24.pl) More:https://www.tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-english,157,m/eu-executive-opens-infringement-procedure-against-poland-over-judiciary,924219.html,157,m/eu-executive-opens-infringement-procedure-against-poland-over-judiciary,924219.html...

The disciplinary chamber's role is to treat all citizen equally and not to apply separate measures to those who think of themselves as a special caste and regular citizens, said Poland's Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro in response to a new infringement procedure against Poland launched by the European Commission on Wednesday. (http://www.tvn24.pl) More: https://www.tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-english,157,m/polish-justice-minister-ziobro-comment-on-eu-infringement-procedure,924251.html,157,m/pol...