{"id":89878,"date":"2024-06-10T17:07:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89878\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"european-arrest-warrant-issued-for-fugitive-polish-judge","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89878\/","title":{"rendered":"European arrest warrant issued for Polish judge who defected to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Tomasz Szmydt at an ethnic festival in Hrodna, Belarus (June 9).\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Social media)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 10, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A court in Warsaw has issued a European arrest warrant for former judge Tomasz Szmydt, <em>RMF FM<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmf24.pl\/fakty\/polska\/news-sad-wydal-europejski-nakaz-aresztowania-za-tomaszem-szmydtem,nId,7565764#crp_state=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The warrant is reportedly limited to the European Union. It will take effect only if the Szmydt, currently staying in Belarus, enters the bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Szmydt asked for a political asylum in Belarus. Polish prosecutors charged him with espionage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian propaganda branded him as a Polish dissident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-polska-5-06-belta-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-polska-5-06-belta-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-polska-5-06-belta-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-polska-5-06-belta-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-polska-5-06-belta-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-polska-5-06-belta-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Defected judge to sue Polish FM Sikorski<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 5, Pozirk. Ex-Judge Tomasz Szmydt, who defected from Poland to Belarus in early May, wants to sue Poland&#039;s Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski, Belarusian state-run media reported. Szmydt accused the Polish top diplomat of defaming him by \u201crepeatedly calling him &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/89007\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10, Pozirk. A court in Warsaw has issued a European arrest warrant for former judge Tomasz Szmydt, RMF FM reported. The warrant is reportedly limited to the European Union. It will take effect only if the Szmydt, currently staying in Belarus, enters the bloc. Last month, Szmydt asked for a political asylum in Belarus. 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