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Robert Biedroń

Robert Biedroń

Polish politician, member of the European Parliament, and LGBT rights activist

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Photo: Klub Lewicy, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

  • Jun 10

    MP Łukasz Mejza brings convicted patostreamer into Sejm, igniting storm during debate on criminalising online abuse

    Independent MP Łukasz Mejza escorted Daniel Zwierzyński, a convicted patostreamer known as Daniel Magical, through parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers debated legislation to criminalise the broadcasting of criminal acts online. Equality minister Katarzyna Kotula said she would ask the Sejm chancellery and the Marshal’s Guard why a man with a record of violence was admitted.

  • May 30

    Poland erupts over Zelenskyy's UPA unit honour as President Nawrocki demands stripping of top award

    A decision by Ukraine's president to name an elite military unit after 'Heroes of the UPA' has triggered a diplomatic firestorm in Poland, with President Karol Nawrocki calling for Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be stripped of the nation's highest honour.

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