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Spy scandal: Why did a Polish judge 'defect' to Belarus? (www.dw.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Polish prosecutors will likely file espionage charges against a Polish judge who fled to Belarus, where he is now seeking asylum.

Thousands of Belarusians have escaped to Poland in recent years to avoid political persecution by President Alexander Lukashenko's regime, which is loyal to Moscow. But Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt went the opposite way.

He has asked Lukashenko for "care and protection," he told Belarusian state news agency BelTA at a press conference last week.

Szmydt said he had resigned from the judgeship in protest at unjust Polish policies towards Belarus and Russia. He accused Warsaw of trying to start conflict under the influence of the US and the UK and claimed that he had been persecuted and intimidated because of his views, and the only way out for him was to flee the country.

Meanwhile, the Polish public prosecutor's office has accused Szmydt of involvement in a disinformation war against Poland. On Thursday, the country's Supreme Court suspended his duties and lifted his immunity as a judge. Daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported he would soon be a wanted man and under investigation for espionage, among other things. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski called Szmydt a "traitor."

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Pole here. I am exposed to US political news in every English- speaking medium, especially though Lemmy now and Reddit in the past.

I don’t know if this is planned or by accident but it looks like US is very efficient in exporting their political bullshit and playbooks to other countries.

Applying the American lens to current events here could give you a conclusions not far from the „ground truth”. Strange.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

For what it’s worth, there a lot of American exports that we’ve foisted upon the word that I consider incredibly destructive, and it upsets me.

I know I’m privileged for being born here, as a white dude, to an upper middle class family in the 80s. I’ve measurably benefited from it. It distresses me how much that matters. It shouldn’t matter that much.