Formation November 2012 Headquarters Warsaw, Poland | Type Civil rights | |
Key people Maciej Świrski (Initiatior and President) Website reduta-dobrego-imienia.pl, rdi-plad.org | ||
The Good Name Redoubt – Polish League Against Defamation (Polish: Fundacja Reduta Dobrego Imienia - Polska Liga Przeciw Zniesławieniom) is a non-governmental civil rights organization (NGO) based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 2013 by Maciej Świrski, civic journalist, formerly vice-president of the Polish Press Agency in 2006–09.
The organization began as part of the Patriotic Society Foundation created by Jan Pietrzak. The merger enabled the League to conduct initiatives requiring institutional rights such approaching government formally, issuing summons and collecting public donations. At present, the League has a fully independent status.
Aims and objectives
The stated objectives of the League are to defend the name of Poland and the Polish people against acts of vilification in the international media or historical misrepresentation in the world of politics. For instance, on the 75th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in 2014, the League staged a protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw against the Russian government's denial of responsibility for the atrocities committed by the Soviet Union in occupied Poland. The protest was attended by several hundred people including civil rights organizations such as Euromaidan from Ukraine and Solidarność Walcząca.
The League acts through lobbying, publishing ads, open letters as well as articles which promote Poland's World War II history of defiance, stressing the country's critical role in defeating Nazi Germany. The organization is fighting anti-Polish propaganda in foreign media and film trying to blame Poland for the brunt of the Holocaust, also by informing the general public about the "Polish death camp" controversy.