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UEFA Punishes Poland’s Legia for ‘Racism’

AFP August 14, 2013 Fans of Polish soccer club Legia. Polish top-flight club Legia Warsaw were on Wednesday ordered by UEFA to shut a stand used by its die-hard fans after racist chanting by supporters at a Champions League match. UEFA said that Legia would…

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Shechita Faces Ban in Poland

Orlando Radice The Jewish Chronicle July 12, 2013 The Polish parliament has defeated an attempt to protect religious slaughter in law. In November last year, the constitutional court ruled that a derogation which allows Jews and Muslims to kill animals without pre-stunning was unconstitutional and…

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