Ludwik Dorn, Minister of Interior has publicly condoned acts of police brutality towards Lesbians and Gays. In Poznan, the police stormed the LBGT Parade of Equality, swinging their truncheons, sending many to the hospital, and arresting 65 activists. Encouraged by the police, roaming mobs of skinheads pelted activists with eggs and shouted "Fags to gas," and "We'll do to you what Hitler did to the Jews."

Not surprisingly, this same government headed by homophobe Lech Kaczynski has abolished the Office of Equality of Women and Men, supports increasing restrictions on abortion, and challenges the European Union ban on capital punishment.

Blatant persecutions of gays and lesbians have taken place all over Poland, including Krakow, Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Lodz.

These attacks are clear violations of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, including freedom of assembly and association (Chapter II-Freedoms: Article 12) and non-discrimination based on sexual orientation (Chapter III-Equality: Article 21).

Help say no to the persecution of gays in Poland!:

PROTEST the Chicago area visit by the President of Poland this weekend.

Please join the Gay Liberation Network at a protest of his reception with the Polish-American Congress at the

White Eagle Banquet Hall
6839 N. Milwaukee Ave
Niles, IL
5:30 PM, Friday, February 10.

Contact the European Union:
Friso Roscam Abbing
Spokesman for Vice-President Franco Frattini
EU Commission Spokesman for Justice, Freedom and Security
tel: +32 2 296 6746
Fax: +32 2 296 0625
E-mail: friso.roscam-abbing (at) cec.eu.int

For more information on the protest, please call Bob at 773-878-3697

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...and don't forget this Saturday's
Freedom to Marry Day
Protest / Celebration
11 AM Sharp, Saturday, February 11
in front of the Cook County Marriage License Bureau
118 N. Clark Street, Chicago
(across the street from Daley Plaza)