- Hate speech and ideological diktat have led to the forced resignation of Piotr Jedliński, the editor-in-chief of Radio "Nowy Świat," solely because he described LGBT activist Michał Sz. as a man, stated Deputy Minister of Justice Marcin Romanowski at a press briefing.

Romanowski informed that he had handed over a letter to the Commissioner for Human Rights, Adam Bodnar, calling for immediate action in defense of the journalist. - I believe that the Commissioner for Human Rights will undertake investigative actions into the circumstances of Piotr Jedliński's forced resignation, he stated. He emphasized that there is no room in Poland for the violation of media freedom or for preventive censorship.

During the conference, the minister recalled a statement by Ombudsman Adam Bodnar from a few months ago, in which he defended a journalist dismissed from public media. - Article 54 of the Constitution guarantees everyone, and therefore also representatives of the press, freedom to express their views and to gather and disseminate information. Preventive censorship of the mass media and licensing of the press are prohibited under the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. - These are your words, with which you, in February of this year, requested action regarding the case of a public media journalist who was fired - emphasized Romanowski.

- We expect the ombudsman to take actions aimed at defending the constitutional rights and freedoms of the journalist, who has fallen victim to ideological violence - said the Deputy Minister of Justice at the conference.