He criminalizes statements about historical events, such as accusations against Poland or the Polish people for complicity in crimes committed during the Holocaust, or denial of committing crimes against the Polish population committed by Ukrainian nationalists, such as the Volyn massacre during World War II. This statement was made on Thursday, February 1 by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Arlem Desire.

According to him, there are serious concerns about this law. Although we all know the sensitivity around historical events, freedom of expression is of particular importance to historians and scholars. History is a matter of independent scientific research and free discussion, not a judicial decision. The law should be rejected as a disproportionate restriction on the freedom of expression.

Only when statements constitute incitement to violence or discrimination, they can be criminalized, "Desir said, expressing the hope that to protect freedom of speech the law will be vetoed by the president.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, earlier the upper house of the Polish parliament adopted amendments to the law on the Institute of National Memory of Poland, which imposed a penalty for using the wording "Polish death camps" and the dissemination of other facts about the participation of Poles in the Holocaust, which the authorities consider false.