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(Budapest) - Poland should repeal a new law that creates a commission with the power to investigate "Russian influence" in Poland and ban people from public office without judicial oversight, Human Rights Watch said today. Last-minute amendments, currently at parliament, in response to criticism from the European Union and the United States are insufficient to mitigate the risk of the law being used to prevent opposition politicians from holding office. "Any law that gives powers to a body controlled by the ruling party to determine who can run for office based on vague definitions can easily be misused and is therefore undemocratic, undermines the rule of law, and runs counter to EU law," said Lydia Gall, senior Europe and Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch. "Parliament should repeal the law in its entirety." The law creates a powerful new commission, under the aegis of the prime minister's chancellery and with a chair appointed by the prim ....

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