nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211130-191057-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211130s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211130-191057-0 doi eng 342 23 Sadurski, Wojciech Author aut A Blatant Attack on Free Media The Warsaw District Court judgment against leading Polish journalist Ewa Siedlecka Sadurski, Wojciech Verfassungsblog 2021-11-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a recent and shocking judgment of the first instance, a criminal court in Warsaw has found the Polish journalist Ewa Siedlecka guilty of criminal libel (defamation) for commenting on the organized campaign  of hatred against independent Polish judges. This account deeply resonates with my own personal experience. Toutes proportions gardeés, I should add, since Ms Siedlecka has done immeasurably more for the rule of law in Poland than I did, and has run much higher risks – and incurred higher personal costs. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Defamation Free Media Freedom of Press Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-blatant-attack-on-free-media/ raw object