Limitations to the Right to Freedom of Assembly in Poland during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Women’s Strike

Osiewicz, Przemysław

doi:10.12681/hapscpbs.26458

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“…On 22 October 2020, the Constitutional Court ruled that abortion in the case of a condition of handicap or incurable disease is not justified by any constitutional provisions (Wyrok w imieniu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej…). This triggered another wave of protests, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and precautions e.g., restrictions of public assemblies and movement (Osiewicz, 2020).…”

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Why Women Became the Enemy of Democracy in Poland? The Illiberal Regime’s Response to the Women’ Rights Movement

Marszałek–Kawa

2022

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After the political transformation in Poland, abortion was first regulated by the Law of 7 January 1993, Protection of the Human Fetus and Conditions Permitting Pregnancy Termination. Since then, attempts have been made to change the existing regulation. However, it was in 2016 that there were nationwide protests against changes to abortion provisions, and then in 2020, when the constitutional court ruling limited the possibility of termination of pregnancy in Poland. These protests can be seen in the context of the process of neo-militant democracy rule implementation, that is, the taking over the characteristics of non-democratic regimes by existing democracies under the cover of the regime self-preservation. The aim of this article is to identify and explain the government’s attitude towards women as an enemy of democracy at the institutional level during the two waves of protests. The study shows that during the period considered, restrictions specific to neo-militant democracies in the area of assembly and association, speech and press and restrictions on religious freedom were imposed in order to limit the activity of protesters viewed as enemies of the democratic system.

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confidence: 99%

Why Women Became the Enemy of Democracy in Poland? The Illiberal Regime’s Response to the Women’ Rights Movement

Marszałek–Kawa

2022

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“…The third group of study unveils the social movements which experience transformation in the pandemic period (Guittard, 2021;Pleyers, 2020;Porta, 2021). The last group analyzes the constructive or destructive relation between civil society and the country during pandemic (Abers et al, 2021;Luis, 2020;Osiewicz, 2020). The studies illustrate how the social movements have not ceased in the pandemic.…”

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Strategy of Social Movement by the Community of Football Supporters amidst Pandemic Era

Harjo¹,

Rifaj²,

Tarosur³

2022

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Democracy and Social Transformation, ICON-DEMOST 2021, September 15, 2021,

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Among the government regulations towards health protocol in pandemic time that leads to the restriction of collective activities of civil society organizations, Aremania football supporters have performed more actions to insist on achieving their objectives. The objective is to remove dual managements in Arema football club in Malang city. This study aims at revealing the ongoing efforts of Aremania to maintain their social movements and some changes made to adjust the current pandemic situation. The study implements the concept of social movement and qualitative method to explore the data. The finding of this investigation unveils the more massive movements demonstrated by Aremania and it is based on several facts. First of all, Aremania performs collective actions online and offline to some parties to show the emphasis on their goal. Second, to substitute the prohibited street protest, Aremania arranges a music performance in shopping centers and then upload it to social media platforms. Lastly, Aremania takes advance of the conventional and social media to disseminate information to public in order to reach the target. These attempts are committed as a strategy to negotiate the government's policy on avoiding contact with crowd in the middle of pandemic. Aremania negotiates the policy by conducting collective action in social media and shopping mall in hope that they will not face any obstacles in accomplishing the goal from the government. The strategy has a purpose to gain attention from both Aremania and the two managements of Arema to work on the union of Arema Indonesia and Arema Football Club. To conclude, the findings of the study present the changes of social movement in terms of forms and instruments in order to reach the goal amidst the pandemic era.

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“…Importantly, as a result of the introduced restrictions peculiar to quasimilitant democracy, there were a huge number of protests and gatherings of citizens opposing the restrictions imposed by governments. Assemblies often took place during a period when they were temporarily banned or could only be held to a very limited extent [10,11]. The outbreak of the pandemic has caused public attention to focus primarily on health and safety issues.…”

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confidence: 99%

Поліційне Подолання Громадських Безпорядків, Спричинених Пандемією, У Болгарії

Резмер-Плотка¹

2022

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The coronavirus pandemic and numerous restrictions introduced have fostered numerous gatherings and protest actions. Citizens expressed dissatisfaction with the restriction of their rights and freedoms, while at the same time demanding a solution to the problems that took place before the pandemic occurred. In Bulgaria, the problems included corruption, dissatisfaction with the government, and the failure to respect the independence of the judiciary. For this reason, from July 9, 2020 to April 16, 2021 there were protests of citizens who demanded, among others, changes and resignation of the government. The analysis will provide answers to two research questions: what actions did the protesters take between July 2020 and April 2021? How did the security services deal with civil disorder during the protests? The main research problem relates to the impact of repression on mobilization or demobilization and the use of violent actions by protesters. By delving into actions, the study will differentiate between violent and peaceful actions. In turn, by evaluating the security services' actions, the study will differentiate between repressive and non-repressive protest policing. The method used in this study is the qualitative source analysis. It draws on the technique of content analysis of specifically media coverage of the activities of the police and protest participants during the indicated period. The analysis rests on the reports that appeared on the most important websites and Internet portals reporting on the course of the protests. Based on the analysis, it was found that the main demands and goals remained unchanged, the actions taken by the protesters included many types of violent and peaceful activities. On the side of the security services, a division was also made into repressive and non-repressive activities. The protests ended naturally with the end of the government's term. Repressions had no impact on mobilisation and fuelled violent protests.

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Limitations to the Right to Freedom of Assembly in Poland during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Women’s Strike

Cited by 9 publications

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Why Women Became the Enemy of Democracy in Poland? The Illiberal Regime’s Response to the Women’ Rights Movement

Why Women Became the Enemy of Democracy in Poland? The Illiberal Regime’s Response to the Women’ Rights Movement

Strategy of Social Movement by the Community of Football Supporters amidst Pandemic Era

Поліційне Подолання Громадських Безпорядків, Спричинених Пандемією, У Болгарії

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