Issue #1459      16 June 2010

Protest against anti-communist law in Poland

On June 8 – on the day new anti-communist law, that bans the communist symbols (art. 256 of penal code) came into effect, an international protest campaign took place in Poland. In Warsaw there were a conference and demonstration with participation of delegations of communist parties – Communist Party of Greece, Portuguese Communist Party, Communist Party of Ireland and youth organisations – the World Federation of Democratic Youth and Communist Youth Union of Czech Republic.

During press conference comrades Georgios Toussas, MEP, Communist Party of Greece, João Ferreira, MEP, Portuguese Communist Party, Yogendra Shahi, vice president of World Federation of Democratic Youth, condemned the new law and expressed their support for the Communist Party of Poland. After the conference in the centre of Warsaw a demonstration took place.

Polish internet portals and news channel informing about this event underline the absurdity of the new repressive article of penal code.

Also in several other countries demonstrations took place in front of the Embassies of Poland and letters of protest were delivered to the Polish Ambassadors. We were informed that such protests were organised in Athens, Budapest, Dublin, Lisbon, London, Mexico, Moscow and Nicosia. The Communist Party of Poland has also received letters of support from many communist parties.

We would like to thank all participants of this campaign and ask for its continuation. We must make our fight stronger, as far as the problem of discrimination against communist symbols and other kind of reprisals are taking place in Poland and some other Eastern European countries. The new anti-communist law was also adopted in Hungary.

Communist Party of Poland  

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