Post by Jaga on Oct 18, 2020 23:32:25 GMT -7
Roman Giertych used to be considered a nationalist. He was a leader of Polish youth. AFter he widtdrew from politics he went back to be a lawyer and started working with the opposition, so now the goverment arrested him and he was so shocked, he is actualy in the hospital. The judge stated hat there was no reason for the arest.
www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/world/europe/poland-lawyer-detain.html
etention of Government Critic in Poland Raises Fears of a Crackdown
Roman Giertych, who has been involved in high-profile cases against members of the governing party, was put in handcuffs and had his home searched by the authorities.
The Polish Bar Council expressed its “greatest concern” over the detention of Roman Giertych, a lawyer.
The Polish Bar Council expressed its “greatest concern” over the detention of Roman Giertych, a lawyer.Credit...Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto, via Getty Images
By Monika Pronczuk and Marc Santora
Oct. 16, 2020
A prominent lawyer and outspoken critic of Poland’s government was detained on accusations of money laundering on Thursday, and was later taken to the hospital after a fall, in circumstances that remain unclear.
The lawyer, Roman Giertych, who has been involved in a series of high-profile cases against members of the governing Law and Justice party, was placed in handcuffs by a special anticorruption unit outside a Warsaw court. He has also represented prominent opposition figures, including Donald Tusk, the former president of the European Council.
Later, during a search of his home, Mr. Giertych fell unconscious on his bathroom floor and was rushed to the hospital. Further details about the incident were not immediately available from the authorities, but his daughter, Maria Giertych, said he had scuffled with an officer.
Mr. Giertych’s detention comes on the heels of one of the closest presidential elections in Poland since the nation ended communist rule in 1989, with the ruling party winning a narrow victory. And in the bitterly divided country, the opposition was quick to argue that the detention was evidence that the ruling party was using the country’s legal system to achieve political aims.
The authorities denied accusations that the detention was politically motivated.
The ruling party “made it fashionable to make a show out of putting handcuffs on innocent people,” Radek Sikorski, an opposition lawmaker, told TVN24, a Polish televsion station.
Mr. Sikorski said the detention was designed to distract the public as anger builds over the government’s handling of the pandemic and to intimidate both lawyers and judges.
www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/world/europe/poland-lawyer-detain.html
etention of Government Critic in Poland Raises Fears of a Crackdown
Roman Giertych, who has been involved in high-profile cases against members of the governing party, was put in handcuffs and had his home searched by the authorities.
The Polish Bar Council expressed its “greatest concern” over the detention of Roman Giertych, a lawyer.
The Polish Bar Council expressed its “greatest concern” over the detention of Roman Giertych, a lawyer.Credit...Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto, via Getty Images
By Monika Pronczuk and Marc Santora
Oct. 16, 2020
A prominent lawyer and outspoken critic of Poland’s government was detained on accusations of money laundering on Thursday, and was later taken to the hospital after a fall, in circumstances that remain unclear.
The lawyer, Roman Giertych, who has been involved in a series of high-profile cases against members of the governing Law and Justice party, was placed in handcuffs by a special anticorruption unit outside a Warsaw court. He has also represented prominent opposition figures, including Donald Tusk, the former president of the European Council.
Later, during a search of his home, Mr. Giertych fell unconscious on his bathroom floor and was rushed to the hospital. Further details about the incident were not immediately available from the authorities, but his daughter, Maria Giertych, said he had scuffled with an officer.
Mr. Giertych’s detention comes on the heels of one of the closest presidential elections in Poland since the nation ended communist rule in 1989, with the ruling party winning a narrow victory. And in the bitterly divided country, the opposition was quick to argue that the detention was evidence that the ruling party was using the country’s legal system to achieve political aims.
The authorities denied accusations that the detention was politically motivated.
The ruling party “made it fashionable to make a show out of putting handcuffs on innocent people,” Radek Sikorski, an opposition lawmaker, told TVN24, a Polish televsion station.
Mr. Sikorski said the detention was designed to distract the public as anger builds over the government’s handling of the pandemic and to intimidate both lawyers and judges.