Poland launches 'aggressive left wing' web site investigation
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
30.11.2011 11:21
An investigation has been launched over allegations that Polish anti-fascist web sites are promoting violence.
Irena Lipowicz, Poland's Human Rights Omsbudsman, announced the investigation on Tuesday in a statement to the Polish Press Agency.
According to Lipowicz's office, the action is “in relation to media reports” following clashes during Independence Day marches between nationalists and opponents.
On Tuesday, Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported that “anarchists and leftists are proud of their brutal attacks on people with right-wing sympathies,” and that this was being flaunted on internet forums.
The march on Independence Day was organised by two Polish nationalist groups, the All Polish Youth (MW) and the National Radical Camp (ONR).
Some 210 people were arrested amid the clashes that ensued, 92 of whom were Germans with anti-fascist affiliations.
An internet forum user claimed that he had joined in an attack on three men because “they looked like nationalists.”
Following the march, President Komorowski called for a review of the laws regarding public assembly, with the suggestion that participants in gatherings should not be allowed to cover their faces. (nh/pg)