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Adam Hofman (L), PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński (C) and Dawid Jackiewicz (R), 6.05.2014, Wrocław. Source: Bartlomiej Kudowicz / Forum

Adam Hofman was once an influential politician, a member of PiS, Poland’s current ruling party, and now is one of the most recognisable figures in the country’s PR sector. When PiS took power in Poland, his PR agency R4S skilfully positioned itself where the spheres of politics and business meet.

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01.06.2021

Hungary's PM Orban, Poland's PM Morawiecki and Italy's League party leader Salvini meet in Budapest

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (C), Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (L) and Italy's League party leader Matteo Salvini (R) give a statement after their meeting in Budapest, Hungary, April 1, 2021. Source: BERNADETT SZABO / Reuters / Forum

The pandemic did not kill the far right. Nor did it stifle media interest in the topic. The painstaking attention devoted to the formation of a ‘Far-Right International’ revolving around the Hungarian Fidesz, the Italian League, and the Polish Law and Justice (PiS) parties is a good case in point.

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28.05.2021

Ordo Iuris collected 150,000 signatures on the "convention on the rights of the family". Pictured Jerzy Kwasniewski. Source: Andrzej Hulimka / Forum

We follow the meanderings of a long campaign to roll back women’s rights and overturn the Istanbul Convention.

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07.05.2021

A woman holds a cross during the protest against the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Zagreb, Croatia, March 24, 2018. Source: ANTONIO BRONIC / Reuters / Forum

Polish Ordo Iuris is developing its network in Central Europe and co-founding organisations in Estonia and Croatia.

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07.05.2021

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban smiles as he departs from a meeting at the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium July 20, 2020. Source: JOHANNA GERON / Reuters / Forum

The Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights, one of the Polish Ordo Iuris’s partners, has close ties to PM Viktor Orbán.

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07.05.2021

A protest in front of Ordo Iuris headquarters in Warsaw, 24.07.2020. Source: Adam Chelstowski / Forum

International networks of ultra-conservative organisations have become a serious player in Central and Eastern Europe.

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07.05.2021

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In three of the Visegrad Four countries – Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – press freedom is in decline, according to the World Press Freedom Index 2021 published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

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21.04.2021

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For months now, someone has been hacking into the email and social media accounts used by Polish ministers, MPs, journalists and soldiers. What do these attacks have in common?