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|artist=Rodrigo Garcia | |artist=Rodrigo Garcia | ||
|subject=Religion | |subject=Religion | ||
|confronting_bodies=Małgorzata Sadurska and Andrzej Jaworski | |confronting_bodies=Festival organizers, Catholic groups, and Member's of Parliament Małgorzata Sadurska and Andrzej Jaworski | ||
|medium=Theatre and Performance | |medium=Theatre and Performance | ||
|date_of_action=July 2, 2014 | |date_of_action=July 2, 2014 | ||
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On July 2, 2014, Conservative Law and Justice (PiS) Member's of Parliament, Małgorzata Sadurska and Andrzej Jaworski, filed a motion with the prosecutor's office ensuring that the play would not be performed anywhere in Poland. The motion claimed that the play "offends religious sentiment" and describes the play as “pseudo-art, full of scenes of obscenity, profanity and pornography." | On July 2, 2014, Conservative Law and Justice (PiS) Member's of Parliament, Małgorzata Sadurska and Andrzej Jaworski, filed a motion with the prosecutor's office ensuring that the play would not be performed anywhere in Poland. The motion claimed that the play "offends religious sentiment" and describes the play as “pseudo-art, full of scenes of obscenity, profanity and pornography." | ||
MP's, Sadurska and Jaworski, claim that the staging of the play contravenes Article 196 of the Criminal Code, which states that the, "anyone who offends the religious feelings of other people [can be] subject to a fine, restriction of liberty or imprisonment for up to two years." | |||
|description_of_result=The play was not performed at the festival. | |description_of_result=The play was not performed at the festival. | ||