The Polish government will continue its investigation of schools to ensure they are sticking to a ban on LGBTI events.

Last week the government banned the annual Rainbow Friday event. Rainbow Friday is a day dedicated to raising awareness about LGBTI rights in schools in Poland.

It has run for the past three years and schools are invited to participate in it. LGBT organisations provide information materials to schools that they are free to share with students and they also organize events and conversations in the schools.

But thanks to a media storm in right-wing media ahead of this year’s Rainbow Friday the Minister of National Education, Anna Zalewska declared any schools participating in the day would breaking education laws. She also said schools would be subject to inspection and even visited some schools herself to ensure they cancelled Rainbow Friday.

Zalewska’s decree forced schools to punish students and teachers for trying to go ahead with the day.

Rainbow Friday

Over the weekend, the Ministry of Education tweeted that the inspections will continue on Monday. LGBTI organizations labelled the ban as a sign that government was trying to crackdown on the LGBTI community.