US urges Poland to change law after trial for insulting pope
Oct 14 '04
WARSAW (AFP) — The United States called on Poland to reform its penal code to remove clauses that criminalize libel or slander, after the trial of a journalist for insulting Pope John Paul II.
Jerzy Urban, editor of the weekly satirical Nie and a former spokesman for the Polish Communist government, is currently on trial and could face between three months and three years in prison if found guilty.
Prosecutors launched the case after a complaint by the conservative Law and Justice party over an article "Walking Sado-Masochism" written about the pope's last visit to his native Poland in August 2002.
Urban described the pope as a "fading old man" and a "senile divinity."
Oct 14 '04
WARSAW (AFP) — The United States called on Poland to reform its penal code to remove clauses that criminalize libel or slander, after the trial of a journalist for insulting Pope John Paul II.
Jerzy Urban, editor of the weekly satirical Nie and a former spokesman for the Polish Communist government, is currently on trial and could face between three months and three years in prison if found guilty.
Prosecutors launched the case after a complaint by the conservative Law and Justice party over an article "Walking Sado-Masochism" written about the pope's last visit to his native Poland in August 2002.
Urban described the pope as a "fading old man" and a "senile divinity."
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