Loading ...Gdansk Mayor Dies After Poland’s First Political Assassination Since The End Of Communism
Adamowicz was a powerful liberal voice in a country that has been governed by the rightwing Law and Justice party since 2015. He is best known in Poland and internationally as a staunch supporter of LGBT rights and the rights of migrants and refugees during a period of rising anti-migrant sentiment.
“I am a European so my nature is to be open,” Adamowicz told the Guardian in 2016.