Polish journalists, judges and opposition turn to rap to denounce govt's authoritarian bent

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In Poland, opposition to the government's authoritarian tendencies has found a new form of expression: rap music. Musicians, opposition figures, judges and journalists are using rap to denounce attempts to muzzle the courts and media.

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On the government side, President Andrzej Duda has recorded his own rap lyrics in support of medics fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. That hasn't been enough to silence criticism on the eve of a presidential election, the date of which is itself controversial: Postponed at the last minute due to the virus outbreak, it will now be held on June 28. 

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