Tag: court disputes

The Warsaw prosecutor’s office will assess whether Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik exceeded their authority in the case of Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation. What exactly is the investigation about? Prosecutor’s investigation: The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw has launched an investigation into abuse of power by, among others, officers of the […]

Polskie Radio is to issue an apology to the Open Dialogue Foundation for damaging its reputation and to pay compensation of PLN 200,000 by virtue of an order issued by the Regional Court in Warsaw, the ODF announced on Wednesday. The broadcaster will decide how to proceed after receiving the grounds for the judgement. The […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation had filed a lawsuit against Polish Radio for a series of materials defaming the organisation and its leadership during the Law and Justice (PiS) government. On Wednesday, the Foundation revealed that in December, after winning the trial, the court ruled in its favour for PLN 200,000 in compensation and an apology […]

Dominik Tarczyński has apologized to the Open Dialogue Foundation and its President Lyudmyla Kozlovska for his defamatory remarks, in which he accused them of laundering Russian money. The MEP published the apology post on the platform X just before midnight on 3 January. “This cowardly apology cannot repair the harm and damage we have suffered […]

Before midnight on Friday 3 January, MEP Dominik Tarczyński published a post apologising to the Open Dialogue Foundation and its President Lyudmyla Kozlovska, whom he had accused of laundering Russian money. The apology is the result of the final court judgement made on 20 December 2024 (the Court of Appeal in Warsaw rejected Tarczyński’s appeal). […]

“In the process of prosecuting Bartosz Kramek for his call for civil disobedience against the Law and Justice’s authorities, the prosecution service supervised by Mr Ziobro has gone so far as to commission a professional semiotic study. However, nowhere in the entire text is there any suggestion of overthrowing the government,” the author said clearly. […]

On 21 November 2024, the Lublin Regional Prosecutor’s Office closed and later on 6 December discontinued the politically motivated case under the reference RP I Ds 34.2018 against Bartosz Kramek – Chair of Supervisory Board at the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF). The decision was justified by the fact that the collected “evidence did not provide […]

“By a decision dated 6 December 2024, the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin discontinued the investigation against Bartosz Kramek,” reads the statement of the Prosecutor’s Office. In 2017, Bartosz Kramek published the text “Let the State Come to a Stop: Let’s Shut Down the Government”, which caused him many legal problems. Subsequently, he was detained […]

The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin discontinued the investigation against the founder of the Open Dialogue Foundation engaged in supporting defenders of democracy. For five years, Bartosz Kramek was prosecuted by a PiS prosecutor, Ziobro’s nominee, Jerzy Ziarkiewicz. Jerzy Ziarkiewicz is the discredited head of the Lublin Regional Prosecutor’s Office, who for years blocked investigations […]

The investigation against Bartosz K., Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Open Dialogue Foundation has been discontinued. The case was related to providing false data in VAT invoices and a money-laundering scheme. According to the investigators, there are no grounds for filing charges against him. The investigation has been discontinued by the Provincial Public […]

“The Provincial Public Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin discontinued the investigation against Bartosz K., Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Open Dialogue Foundation, which was related to providing false data in VAT invoices and a money-laundering scheme. The investigators determined that there were no grounds for filing charges,” reported the Polish Press Agency. The information […]

After six years, the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, was finally able to come back to Poland. “We have submitted a complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the abuse of power which was most likely commissioned by Messrs Wąsik, Kamiński and the then head of the Internal Security Agency,” said Bartosz […]

An enforcement bailiff ordered the seizure of the bank account of Maciej Wąsik, a member of the European Parliament from the Law and Justice Party (PiS). In this way, the final court decision was enforced, obliging Wąsik to pay PLN 30,000 as compensation for the violation of the personal rights of the Open Dialogue Foundation […]

An enforcement bailiff ordered the seizure of the bank account of Maciej Wąsik, a member of the European Parliament from the Law and Justice Party (PiS). In this way, the final court decision was enforced, obliging Wąsik to pay PLN 30,000 as compensation for the violation of the personal rights of the Open Dialogue Foundation […]

Maciej Wąsik lost a similar case to the Open Dialogue Foundation, but – contrary to the court’s judgement – he did not post an apology. Now it is time for the resigning Law and Justice (PiS) MEP Witold Waszczykowski to make a decision. Failure to be re-elected in the 2024 European Parliament elections is not […]