Change rape definition, stop targeting media, EU tells Poland

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BRUSSELS: Poland must change its legal definition of rape to protect women and stop restricting media, European institutions said on Thursday (Sep 16), in the latest challenges to the ruling nationalists over rights and democracy. Under the eurosceptic, socially-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, Po

BRUSSELS: Poland must change its legal definition of rape to protect women and stop restricting media, European institutions said on Thursday , in the latest challenges to the ruling nationalists over rights and democracy.

The Council of Europe - the continent's top rights watchdog - said Warsaw should increase efforts to combat sexual violence and change its definition of rape from a force-based definition to one covering non-consensual sex. The non-binding resolution further laments the erosion of judicial independence, the use of litigation to silence critics, and attempts to block sex education classes.

 

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