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Polish photojournalist taken to court for allegedly violating distancing rules

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Photojournalist Wojciech Jakub Atys, of the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper, will be taken to court after he took photographs of a very small anti-lockdown protest held outside the house of the leader of Law and Justice party, Jarosław Kaczyński. Despite crews from the public broadcaster TVP and Polish Press Agency PAP also being present to film the small-scale demonstration, only Atys was penalized. Police allege he violated distancing rules.

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