Apr 4, 2022The Azov Regiment: Neo-Nazis, Football Hooligans or Defenders of Ukraine?Putin has accused Ukraine of being ruled by Nazis. Yet everyone knows whom that this epithet is better suited, even though you can single out Ukraine’s Azov Regiment to bolster this allegation. Where did the “nazism” idea come from, and what is its current importance on the Ukrainian scene? The…Azov Battalion8 min readAzov Battalion8 min read
Jan 11, 2022Prosecutor’s office strikes at Iustitia’s president MarkiewiczThe National Prosecutor’s Office wants to strike at the president of the association of judges, Iustitia. Krystian Markiewicz is facing criminal charges for his statements to OKO.press, in which he talks about the need to implement CJEU rulings. The prosecutor’s office wants OKO.press to hand over materials that are subject…Poland12 min readPoland12 min read
Dec 23, 2021The neo-judges are going for full control over the legal Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court in Poland.The reorganisation planned for January is to give the neo-judges full control over the Civil Chamber. Its result will be that old judges will lose the managerial positions of the divisions and neo-judges will take their place. The names in line for ‘promotion’ include Kamil Zaradkiewicz. A reorganisation that will…Poland11 min readPoland11 min read
Nov 23, 2021$20 for 2 cups of hot water. That’s the price of human life. An OKO.press reporter on the refugee trailI’m on the border. I’m constantly afraid. I’m afraid of pleading eyes, of exhausted eyes, of indifferent eyes. I’m scared to look into the eyes of a little Iraqi girl. I’m scared of good-byes and of the lump in my throat. …Refugees15 min readRefugees15 min read
Nov 16, 2021A border guard cries and transports them to the border. An OKO.press reporter on the refugee trailWe were threatened by a border guard: “If you don’t go, I’ll throw your child into the fire.” Human rights are dead. Even animal rights don’t apply in this forest. …Refugees12 min readRefugees12 min read
Nov 12, 2021„I’m a hunted animal. They took away my humanity.” An OKO.press reporter on the refugee trailI’m not afraid of the forest or of the border, I was raised on war and bullets. I’m afraid of people who forgot what it means to be human. …Migration19 min readMigration19 min read
Nov 8, 2021Istanbul. A smuggler assures me: „It’s 100% guaranteed.” An OKO.press reporter on the refugee trail„You’ve got a car on the Polish side? I’ll pay you 1,000 euros for each passenger,” says one of them. Another snorts with laughter: “I’ll give you 1,500.” …Refugees13 min readRefugees13 min read
Nov 3, 2021Palestinians: „They told us: either Poland, or death here.” Yazidis: „We were wasting away in a camp for 7 years”They’re escaping their countries because they have no homes, work, or normal life there. Often, they also have no family there: they died in wars, were massacred, or emigrated. All that awaits them there is death and despair. In Western countries, they see future, jobs, and hope. It’s a very…Migration9 min readMigration9 min read
Oct 25, 2021Green light: this is where refugees can find help. We want to give them hope [INTERVIEW]“When people who have been on the move for a long time are given a warm meal, they break down. They cry and completely go to pieces,“ says Kamil Syller. He has started a movement in which people who want to help the refugees mark their houses with green light…Refugees10 min readRefugees10 min read
Oct 19, 2021„All night long I hear the wailing of children at the border. Have the courage to come here and look them in the eyes”“One day I met a young Iraqi. I saw a little kid who had rotten shoes on almost rotten feet; we were barely able to put dry socks on those swollen feet. He devoured three chocolates, drank two bottles of water, and then he laid on the ground, breathing heavily…Migration22 min readMigration22 min read