A disciplinary court in Poland has lifted the immunity of a judge who fled to Russia's autocratic ally Belarus
A disciplinary court in Poland on Thursday lifted the immunity of a judge who fled the country to neighboring Belarus, an autocratic ally of Russia, paving the way for an international arrest warrant for him on espionage allegations. Poland launched an investigation this week after Belarus media said the judge, Tomasz Szmydt, arrived in the country and asked for protection.
Szmydt was notorious in Poland for having engaged in a 2019 online smear campaign against some other judges that was sponsored by the Justice Ministry under the previous right-wing government. According to Belarus state media, Szmydt told reporters in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, that he was forced to leave Poland because he did not agree with the line of the new, pro-Western government.
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