This is bad news for Mr Brudziński. The Famous ‘YOYO’ has lost a court case and now he has to apologise. The trigger for the dispute was his tweet

This is bad news for Mr Brudziński. The Famous ‘YOYO’ has lost a court case and now he has to apologise. The trigger for the dispute was his tweet

28.07.2023

Joachim Brudziński, the chief of the Law and Justice’s election campaign, has just lost a court case. He is obliged to apologise to the Open Dialogue Foundation and its founders i.e. Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek. What was it all about? What was the actual judgment in the politician’s case? Joachim Brudziński has lost a […]

Mr Brudziński is to apologise and pay for his tweet on the “Euro-Kazakh crooks”

Mr Brudziński is to apologise and pay for his tweet on the “Euro-Kazakh crooks”

28.07.2023

Mr Joachim Brudziński, the Chief of the Law and Justice’s election campaign, lost a personal rights case against the Open Dialogue Foundation before the first instance court on Wednesday. He was held responsible for his tweet on the “Euro-Kazakh crooks”. Pursuant to the court’s ruling, the politician has been obliged to publish an apology noteon […]

Brudziński is to apologise for the “crooks”. On top of that, he will also pay a hefty sum

Brudziński is to apologise for the “crooks”. On top of that, he will also pay a hefty sum

28.07.2023

The chief of the Law and Justice’s election campaign has lost a lawsuit against the Open Dialogue Foundation. Joachim Brudziński will be obliged to publish an apology and pay damages for his tweet in which he labelled the Foundation’s members as the “Euro- Kazakh crooks”. At this point, it should be recalled that the case […]

Joachim Brudziński Lost in Court and Must Apologise

Joachim Brudziński Lost in Court and Must Apologise

27.07.2023

Law and Justice (PiS) election chief of staff Joachim Brudziński is to apologise to the Open Dialogue Foundation and its founders Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek for his 2019 Twitter post in which the then head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MSWiA) directly implied that the Foundation was involved in money laundering. Brudziński is […]

The Case Lost by Brudziński. The Law and Justice (PiS) Chief of Staff Must Apologise

The Case Lost by Brudziński. The Law and Justice (PiS) Chief of Staff Must Apologise

27.07.2023

Joachim Brudziński will have to apologise to the Open Dialogue Foundation and its founders for having implied on Twitter that the organisation is involved in money laundering. According to the judgment, which is not yet final, the chief of the Law and Justice (PiS) election staff must pay PLN 30 000 in compensatory damages. Interestingly enough, […]

Court’s Ruling in the Case of Joachim Brudziński and His Attack on the Open Dialogue Foundation

Court’s Ruling in the Case of Joachim Brudziński and His Attack on the Open Dialogue Foundation

27.07.2023

30 thousand Polish zloty of compensatory damages and an apology to the Open Dialogue Foundation and to its founders – such is the verdict that has been passed in the case of Joachim Brudziński who launched an attack on the Foundation back in 2019. Brudziński, who at that time was the Minister of Internal Affairs […]

Brudziński must apologise. The Open Dialogue Foundation has won in court again

Brudziński must apologise. The Open Dialogue Foundation has won in court again

26.07.2023

The head of the Law and Justice (PiS) election campaign Joachim Brudziński must apologise to the Open Dialogue Foundation for groundlessly accusing it of money laundering. The court’s verdict, which is not yet final, is another victory for the management of the Open Dialogue Foundation — Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek — in a series […]

Polish state broadcaster TVP forced to apologise and pay damages following court verdict

Polish state broadcaster TVP forced to apologise and pay damages following court verdict

04.07.2023

Telewizja Polska is to apologise the Open Dialogue Foundation for spreading injurious and false information about the entity at the beginning of the main evening edition of Wiadomości News Service. They are also to pay PLN 200 thousand in compensation, as determined by the District Court of Warsaw. This court case, which can be described […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation vexes Law and Justice. Now court victories pile up, most recently against Polish Public TV [i.e. TVP]

The Open Dialogue Foundation vexes Law and Justice. Now court victories pile up, most recently against Polish Public TV [i.e. TVP]

02.07.2023

TVP has been obliged to apologise for the hateful, manipulative and untruthful propaganda targeting the Open Dialogue Foundation. This has been the activists’ fifth win in a series of legal proceedings over personal rights violations. “Propaganda and hate speech spread by TVP cannot go unpunished. Without this venom, the Law and Justice party would not […]

Polish Public TV (TVP) Loses Major Lawsuit Against the Open Dialogue Foundation and Its Leaders

Polish Public TV (TVP) Loses Major Lawsuit Against the Open Dialogue Foundation and Its Leaders

29.06.2023

In its judgment, the court has crushed the public broadcaster and ruled that it must apologise to the couple in charge of ODF for its repeated lies, insinuations and manipulations regarding them. TVP is also to pay over PLN 260 000 in damages. The JUDGMENT in the four-year-long litigation for infringement of personal rights brought to […]

Punishing Philanthropy in Poland: Case of Przemysław Krych

Punishing Philanthropy in Poland: Case of Przemysław Krych

09.06.2023

This case study is an extended and updated description of the case of Przemysław Krych, which was originally included in the “Entrepreneurs and Executives” section of the report “Polish Public Prosecutor’s Office: Selected Cases of Malicious Prosecution and Dereliction of Duties since 2015”, published by the Open Dialogue Foundation and the “Themis” Association of Judges in February 2022.

Statutory Lawlessness and Civil Disobedience: Let’s Stop Playing in PiS’ Shadow Theatre!

Statutory Lawlessness and Civil Disobedience: Let’s Stop Playing in PiS’ Shadow Theatre!

06.06.2023

The bandit rule of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) must be firmly disobeyed. We must face them head-on and be ready for the consequences, whatever they may be. Bartosz Kramek is the Chairman of the Board of the Open Dialogue Foundation. The law on the commission to investigate Russian influences, known as ‘lex Tusk’, […]

The Hotel scandal. Why did the deputy Minister of the Interior and Administration order a search of Bartosz Kramek’s room? “He brazenly used the services”

The Hotel scandal. Why did the deputy Minister of the Interior and Administration order a search of Bartosz Kramek’s room? “He brazenly used the services”

26.05.2023

According to Robert Ziółkowski, former Security Manager and former PiS activist, Deputy Minister of the Interior and Administration Maciej Wąsik allegedly ordered the Internal Security Agency (ISA) to conduct surveillance on the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation Bartosz Kramek in order to gain an advantage in a civil case pending between them. “When the […]

Bartosz Kramek is seeking an apology and a compensation of PLN 1 million for being invigilated at hotels

Bartosz Kramek is seeking an apology and a compensation of PLN 1 million for being invigilated at hotels

23.05.2023

“You will be contacted by someone from the Internal Security Agency. I would like to make a huge request of you. Do what I ask of you.” – according to the Polish Hotel Holding’s former Security Manager, these were the words used by the Deputy Minister for Interior, Maciej Wąsik, to encourage him to move […]

ODF secures 4 PACE documents in defence the rule of law and human rights

ODF secures 4 PACE documents in defence the rule of law and human rights

03.05.2023

During the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly 2023 of the Council of Europe that concluded on April 28th, our representation (Martin Mycielski and Katarzyna Szczypska) together with Judge Maciej Ferek (reinstated after 522 days of suspension for applying the primacy of European law), discussed the rule of law and political persecution in Poland and […]

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