"Life-or-death matter": Polish judge requests political asylum in Belarus

"Life-or-death matter": Polish judge requests political asylum in Belarus

Tomasz Schmidt, who worked in the Voivodeship Administrative Court of Warsaw and headed the legal department at the National Board of Judges of Poland, signed a statement renouncing his position following his request for political asylum.

"At the moment my return to Poland will result in my arrest. The case may be fabricated; I may be accused of espionage. It used to be difficult, now it is life-or-death matter," the former judge told Belorussian reporters.

By contrast, in Belarus, he has an opportunity to freely express his position, Schmidt stressed.

"The signing [of the resignation] document was an expression of protest against the policy pursued by the Polish authorities towards Belarus and Russia," he explained.

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