Ironside
9 Jan 2012
History / Mother tongue in Poland - acccording to 1931 census. [174]
lex.pl/serwis/du/1995/0071.htm
Article 13, 14, 15 and 20.
Minority rights in Lithuania: jamestownfoundation.blogspot.com/2011/09/poland-and-lithuania-scramble-to-mend.html
Rights of minorities in Poland: msw.gov.pl/portal/en/10/57/Fundamental_rights.html
Minorities in Poland: msw.gov.pl/portal/en/10/56/Characteristics_of_ethnic_and_national_minorities_in_Poland.html
nobody deny them right to study in their own language: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_minority_in_Poland
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lex.pl/serwis/du/1995/0071.htm
Article 13, 14, 15 and 20.
Minority rights in Lithuania: jamestownfoundation.blogspot.com/2011/09/poland-and-lithuania-scramble-to-mend.html
Rights of minorities in Poland: msw.gov.pl/portal/en/10/57/Fundamental_rights.html
The Polish law vests national minorities with the following fundamental rights: prohibition of any discrimination and ban on any organisations whose program of activities envisages or allows any form of racial and national hatred;
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freedom to preserve and develop their mother tongues;
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freedom to cherish their customs and traditions and to develop their own culture;
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the right to learn their mother tongue and to be instructed in their mother tongue;
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the right to unrestricted religious practice;
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the right to establish their own educational and cultural organisations, or the ones that protect religious identity;
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election privileges granted to election committees of minority organisations.
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freedom to preserve and develop their mother tongues;
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freedom to cherish their customs and traditions and to develop their own culture;
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the right to learn their mother tongue and to be instructed in their mother tongue;
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the right to unrestricted religious practice;
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the right to establish their own educational and cultural organisations, or the ones that protect religious identity;
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election privileges granted to election committees of minority organisations.
Minorities in Poland: msw.gov.pl/portal/en/10/56/Characteristics_of_ethnic_and_national_minorities_in_Poland.html
Lithuanians constitute another national minority in Poland. In the 2002 national census a total of 5 639 citizens of Poland proclaimed their nationality as Lithuanian. There are 5 097 members of the Lithuanian minority in Podlaskie Voivodship, 99 in Mazowieckie Voivodship, 83 Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship, 75 in Pomorskie Voivodship, 67 in Zachodnio-Pomorskie Voivodship, and 53 in Dolnośląskie Voivodship. There are homogenous Lituanian communities in the municipalities of Puńsk, Szypliszki, Krasnopol and Sejny (Podlaskie Voivodship).
In the municipality of Puńsk, Lithuanians account for over 80% of the local population and, in effect, they hold the majority of seats in the local government. They are also represented in the council of the Sejny district.
They have a well-organized educational system. In 2003/2004 their mother tongue was taught at all school levels in a total of 19 schools attended by 720 Lithuanian children and teenagers. All teachers of the Lithuanian language have university degrees.
In the municipality of Puńsk, Lithuanians account for over 80% of the local population and, in effect, they hold the majority of seats in the local government. They are also represented in the council of the Sejny district.
They have a well-organized educational system. In 2003/2004 their mother tongue was taught at all school levels in a total of 19 schools attended by 720 Lithuanian children and teenagers. All teachers of the Lithuanian language have university degrees.
nobody deny them right to study in their own language: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_minority_in_Poland
There are Lithuanian publications (over 80 books have been published, and there are several magazines, of which the largest is "Aušra" (= "Dawn"),[1] co-sponsored by Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs). Lithuanian organizations are involved in organizing cultural life of the minority (with libraries, choirs, theatres, etc.). There are also Lithuanian-language programmes on local Radio Białystok and Telewizja Białystok.[11]
There are Lithuanian-exclusive schools in Puńsk, both on primary and secondary level, schools with Lithuanian-language as a teaching language in Sejny, and schools with Lithuanian as a foreign language in the wider region are common.[
There are Lithuanian-exclusive schools in Puńsk, both on primary and secondary level, schools with Lithuanian-language as a teaching language in Sejny, and schools with Lithuanian as a foreign language in the wider region are common.[
I hope that informative enough and I ask mods for understanding and leniency this time if I overstepped the rules a little !