Polskie Radio to apologise to Open Dialogue Foundation

Polskie Radio to apologise to Open Dialogue Foundation

21.02.2025

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 […]

Polish Radio to pay PLN 200,000 in compensation to the Open Dialogue Foundation

Polish Radio to pay PLN 200,000 in compensation to the Open Dialogue Foundation

21.02.2025

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 […]

Polish Radio loses lawsuit against Open Dialogue Foundation

Polish Radio loses lawsuit against Open Dialogue Foundation

21.02.2025

On 4 December 2024, the Regional Court in Warsaw ordered Polish Radio to issue a lengthy apology and pay PLN 200,000 in compensation to the Open Dialogue Foundation for numerous defamatory statements made during the rule of the Law and Justice (PiS) party. A judgment has been delivered in the lawsuit concerning the violation of […]

Late-night apology by MEP Tarczyński. Law and Justice politician loses lawsuit

Late-night apology by MEP Tarczyński. Law and Justice politician loses lawsuit

10.01.2025

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 […]

Dominik Tarczyński’s late-night apology. MEP loses lawsuit against Open Dialogue Foundation

Dominik Tarczyński’s late-night apology. MEP loses lawsuit against Open Dialogue Foundation

08.01.2025

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). […]

Polish prosecution drops case against Bartosz Kramek. End of politically motivated criminal proceedings

Polish prosecution drops case against Bartosz Kramek. End of politically motivated criminal proceedings

15.12.2024

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 […]

Investigation into the case of Bartosz Kramek. The Prosecutor’s Office makes key decision

Investigation into the case of Bartosz Kramek. The Prosecutor’s Office makes key decision

11.12.2024

“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 […]

Lublin: Discontinuation of the investigation against the Chair of the Board

Lublin: Discontinuation of the investigation against the Chair of the Board

10.12.2024

“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 […]

Court orders Patryk Jaki to apologize — the Foundation wins another personal rights lawsuit

Court orders Patryk Jaki to apologize — the Foundation wins another personal rights lawsuit

05.04.2024

On 5 April 2024, the Regional Court in Warsaw ruled that Patryk Jaki, a Member of the European Parliament representing the Law and Justice (PiS) party, violated the personal rights of the Open Dialogue Foundation. Now Jaki must apologise for calling us “Russian agents” and accusing us of “lobbying for Kremlin oligarchs” in 2019. The […]

Maciej Wąsik hears another guilty verdict. Disagrees

Maciej Wąsik hears another guilty verdict. Disagrees

23.02.2024

“The former deputy head of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration has once again been found guilty. This time for violating the personal rights of the Open Dialogue Foundation. The Law and Justice politician disagrees with the court’s ruling,” reports Polsat News. In 2018, Wąsik accused the Foundation of having ties with Russia, money […]

Maciej Wąsik lost his lawsuit. He had no grounds to defame the activists and claim that they acted in support of Russia

Maciej Wąsik lost his lawsuit. He had no grounds to defame the activists and claim that they acted in support of Russia

23.02.2024

“He used to make allegations that we were Russian agents, working for Russia and involved in financial crimes. His acts were cynical and politically motivated,” says Bartosz Kramek, an activist who won a defamation lawsuit brought against the former MP of the Law and Justice Party, and the former Deputy Minister of Interior and Administration. […]

Maciej Wąsik convicted again. He will be held accountable for his actions

Maciej Wąsik convicted again. He will be held accountable for his actions

23.02.2024

Ties to Russia, money laundering and hybrid activities – such were, among others, the allegations made publicly by Maciej Wąsik against the Open Dialogue Foundation and its representatives. However, none of these allegations proved true in court. The former Minister of the Interior and Administration has been convicted once again and held accountable for his […]

Maciej Wąsik hears verdict. “I do not agree”

Maciej Wąsik hears verdict. “I do not agree”

23.02.2024

Maciej Wąsik has lost a lawsuit against the Open Dialogue Foundation for violation of personal rights. He was convicted for words he said in 2018. The organisation accused him of, among other things, spreading defamatory statements against it. He will have to publicly apologise to Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek on two television stations. In […]

Maciej Wąsik to apologise. Loses lawsuit against activists

Maciej Wąsik to apologise. Loses lawsuit against activists

23.02.2024

For violating personal rights in his statements about Lyudmyla Kozlovska, Bartosz Kramek and their Open Dialogue Foundation, the former deputy coordinator of the special services must apologise to the victims and pay PLN 10,000 to each, plus interest, the court has ruled. THE OPEN DIALOGUE FOUNDATION (ODF) and the couple who run it – Bartosz […]

Wąsik loses in court against Kramek and Kozlovska’s Foundation. “I do not agree with the judgement”

Wąsik loses in court against Kramek and Kozlovska’s Foundation. “I do not agree with the judgement”

23.02.2024

Maciej Wąsik disagrees with the judgement passed in the civil lawsuit brought by the Open Dialogue Foundation. The politician intends to file a cassation appeal. “When standing before a court, a person expects justice but finds Iustitia,” Wąsik commented on X. On Friday, 23 February, Maciej Wąsik lost a civil lawsuit against the Open Dialogue […]

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