Polish judge seeks political asylum in Belarus
Polish judge seeks political asylum in Belarus
High-level Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt, loyal to the previous PiS (ECR) government, has requested political asylum in Belarus on Monday, calling it an act of “protest against Poland’s unjust and harmful policy” towards Moscow and Minsk.
Some context: he was about to be prosecuted for leading a hater group supporting the last (PiS) administration by attacking neutral and opposition aligned judges (often based on illegal sources). Then, after being outed, he snitched on the group itself, causing major issues for the faction of the ex-ruling party which controlled the ministry of justice (and most of the court system). So he was either going to be legally persecuted or 'taken care of' by his own ex-friends, and might have been pushed to a jurisdiction which will not cooperate with Polish authorities. Common joke is that "there he'll be granted anything he wants for the rest of his life". Last Polish soldier-defector 'hang himself' after 4 months, and a propaganda tour, in Belarus.
