Steve Zodiac
In May 2016, despite criticism from Human Rights NGOs, opposition parties and left-wing organizations, to the appeasement of the far-right, the majority elected right-wing government of Law and Justice (PiS) disbanded governmental advisory and coordinating body that dealt with "racial discrimination, xenophobia and related to them, intolerance" (Rada ds. Przeciwdziałania Dyskryminacji Rasowej, Ksenofobii i związanej z nimi Nietolerancji), by claiming that its mission was "useless". As a Polish Ombudsman, Adam Bodnar is under the constant pressure from the PiS' government and its controlled media; his operative budget was cut by 10 mln złotych, he is labeled as a "traitor" for presenting critical report on the situation of the human rights in Poland to the UN, and the government owned and publicly paid TV channels air documentaries that claim his alleged connections to the UN lawyers. Mainstream clothing with nationalist and far-right themes (for example, Celtic cross or slogans such as "Death to the enemies of the Fatherland"
is widespread among the Polish youth. Western experts warn that PiS' actions only embolden the previously marginal far-right making their extreme views seem socially acceptable, ordinary and mainstream.https://news.vice.com/story/poland-populist-government-far-right-extremism
is widespread among the Polish youth. Western experts warn that PiS' actions only embolden the previously marginal far-right making their extreme views seem socially acceptable, ordinary and mainstream.https://news.vice.com/story/poland-populist-government-far-right-extremism