The two other activists are being investigated for profaning a monument, said their lawyer Katarzyna Gajowniczek-Pruszynska. “My client does not admit to those charges presented to her,” said Maria Radziejowska, adding that Szutowicz was only under investigation as a suspect and had not been charged. Significant human rights issues included: criminal defamation penalties violence or threats of. Photograph: Wojtek Radwaski/AFP/Getty Images The crowd waves rainbow flags at Saturday’s ‘Equality Parade’ in Warsaw. Margo Szutowicz’s lawyer said she could face up to two years in jail for offending people’s religious feelings “by outraging in public an object of religious worship”, as well as a fine or community service for the second crime of profaning a monument. Some members of law enforcement entities committed abuses. Gay rights have become a flashpoint issue in Poland in recent years. Three activists were arrested this week for draping flags over five statues, including one of Jesus carrying the cross and the Mermaid of Warsaw, a centuries-old symbol of the city. FILE PHOTO: Activists place the LGBT rainbow flag and a pink mask with the anarcha-queer symbol on the Christ Bearing His Cross statue, outside the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw, Poland Jin this image taken from social media/ Marta via REUTERS/FILE PHOTO