MINSK, 25 August (BelTA) – “The new arrest warrant against me might be connected with my publication about Warsaw’s involvement in child trafficking,” Polish ex-judge Tomasz Szmydt said in his Telegram channel on 24 August, BelTA learned.
The day before, the Prosecutor's Office of Polish Wroclaw requested an arrest warrant for ex-judge Tomasz Szmydt. This time they accused him of participating in the so-called ‘hate campaign’. According to law enforcement, the participants in the ‘hate campaign’ in 2019 distributed materials on the internet discrediting Polish judges who opposed the restriction of the independence of the country's judicial system.
In May 2024, due to disagreement with the policy and actions of the authorities, Tomasz Szmydt was forced to leave Poland and asked for protection from the Belarusian authorities.
Earlier, the former Polish judge posted an article on the social network X about possible trafficking of children in Poland. It noted that all this is happening under the guise of the current legislation. According to Tomasz Szmydt, not only Poles but also Russians and Ukrainians have been affected.
"Poland’s reaction was not long in coming. Today I learned that another arrest warrant has been issued against me," Tomasz Szmydt wrote in his Telegram channel on 24 August. He also recalled that he is already the subject of a national arrest warrant and a European Arrest Warrant (valid throughout the EU).
"Having failed to fabricate the evidence of espionage against me, they are trying another angle. The timing of the topic I raised and the nervous reaction by the Polish prosecutor's office and the court is interesting, isn’t it?" Tomasz Szmydt said.
"Poland’s reaction was not long in coming. Today I learned that another arrest warrant has been issued against me," Tomasz Szmydt wrote in his Telegram channel on 24 August. He also recalled that he is already the subject of a national arrest warrant and a European Arrest Warrant (valid throughout the EU).
"Having failed to fabricate the evidence of espionage against me, they are trying another angle. The timing of the topic I raised and the nervous reaction by the Polish prosecutor's office and the court is interesting, isn’t it?" Tomasz Szmydt said.
The day before, the Prosecutor's Office of Polish Wroclaw requested an arrest warrant for ex-judge Tomasz Szmydt. This time they accused him of participating in the so-called ‘hate campaign’. According to law enforcement, the participants in the ‘hate campaign’ in 2019 distributed materials on the internet discrediting Polish judges who opposed the restriction of the independence of the country's judicial system.
In May 2024, due to disagreement with the policy and actions of the authorities, Tomasz Szmydt was forced to leave Poland and asked for protection from the Belarusian authorities.
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