nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190517-143914-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190514s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190517-143914-0 doi eng 342 23 Bychawska-Siniarska, Dominika Author aut Offence Intended – Virgin Mary With a Rainbow Halo as Freedom of Expression Bychawska-Siniarska, Dominika Verfassungsblog 2019-05-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The news that a 51-year-old activist, Ms Elżbieta Podleśna, was detained and interrogated by Polish authorities shocked the public in Poland. She is charged under Poland's "blasphemy law" for allegedly putting up posters of the Virgin Mary with a rainbow halo. This latest example of Polish authorities prosecuting cases of religious insults illustrates the incompatibility of Poland’s “blasphemy law” with European human rights guarantees, in particular the freedom of expression. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Blasphemy Freedom of Expression LGBT Rights Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/offence-intended-virgin-mary-with-a-rainbow-halo-as-freedom-of-expression/ raw object