{"id":85165,"date":"2024-05-15T14:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85165\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"polish-ex-judge-who-defected-to-belarus-given-three-months-under-arrest-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85165\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish judge who defected to Belarus given three months under arrest in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 15, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Warsaw District Court has granted the prosecutor’s request and ruled to arrest former Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt for three months without the defendant being present, TVN24<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Szmydt\u2019s defection to Belarus was reported on May 6. He claimed that he \u201cwas persecuted and threatened for his independent political position\u201d in Poland and was forced to flee because of disagreement with the government\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three days later, the Polish Supreme Administrative Court dismissed Szmydt, sanctioning his arrest and prosecution for alleged involvement in foreign intelligence activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian and Russian authorities used the ex-judge’s statements for their propaganda purposes to denigrate Poland and accuse it of destabilizing Belarus and Ukraine, Polish prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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