2. DON’T BLAME IT ON MY PARADE! LGBTI PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY
“The primary duty of public authorities related to the freedom of public assembly is to enable the assembly and secure its peaceful conduct.” The Polish Ombudsman in a published statement against the preventive ban imposed on Equality March in Lublin in 2019
“The road there was probably the most difficult as there was not enough protection for this March ... There was a rainbow flag burning in front of us because someone set it on fire ... The person in front of me started to run and a man near me shouted: 'Yes, run away, otherwise I will kill you' Bazyli, Participant of Equality March in Bialystok in 201919
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Interview with Bazyli, 5 April 2022.
“THEY TREATED US LIKE CRIMINALS” FROM SHRINKING SPACE TO HARASSMENT OF LGBTI ACTIVISTS Amnesty International
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