No end in sight to Urban - Bender legal battle after Supreme Court ruling
The seemingly never-ending court battle between Jerzy Urban and Ryszard
Bender is to enter a new stage, after the Supreme Court sent the case back
to the Court of Appeal in Lublin. Urban, a former spokesman for the
communist government and now editor in chief of the popular tabloid Nie,
sued Bender in 1992 for calling him the "Goebbels of the martial law
period." Urban demanded that Bender issue a public statement, admitting to
an insult against his person. However, Bender's lawyers argued that the
comparison referred solely to the propaganda methods in use, and not to any
individual. In the course of nine years the case has twice been brought
before the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal in Lublin will be hearing it
for the fourth time. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C1) M.K.
