Tag: rule of law in Poland

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 […]

“One year after the change of power, yet hundreds of people are still being prosecuted by the Prosecutor’s Office on charges tailored by the Law and Justice party,” says Bartosz Kramek, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Open Dialogue Foundation, in an interview with naTemat.  This includes organisers of local Women’s Strike, participants in […]

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Several NGOs, Radio Wolna PL (Free Poland), Themis Judges Association and more than 30 public figures have submitted a public appeal to the Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar. The signatories draw attention to the need for a “fair, transparent and comprehensive review of politically motivated criminal proceedings” initiated during Zbigniew Ziobro’s days as Prosecutor General. […]

Warsaw, 29 November 2024 Prof. Adam BodnarAttorney General of the Republic of PolandMinister of Justice Prosecutor Dariusz KornelukNational Prosecutor Prosecutor Katarzyna KwiatkowskaChairperson of the Panel of Prosecutors to investigate cases of public interest by virtue of their subject matter and nature,conducted and completed between 2016 and 2023 Honourable Minister, Honourable Prosecutors, We, the authors of […]

The Law and Justice (PiS) losing power did not result in an automatic re-establishment of the rule of law and in the prosecution enforcing accountability vis-à-vis the perpetrators. Even within the prosecution, the Ziobro system persists and resists change. The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) had requested the National Public Prosecutor’s Office to review criminal proceedings […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) announced that the enforcement bailiff had seized almost PLN 28,000 from the account of PiS MEP Maciej Wąsik. However, the amount seized is much higher due to interest and other costs. This is the result of the politician losing a lawsuit for infringement of personal rights. Bartosz Kramek, ODF’s Chair […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation has received over PLN 27,000 collected by the enforcement bailiff from Maciej Wąsik’s account, as reported by the Polish Press Agency (PAP). The money is the result of the enforcement of a court judgement that obliged the PiS politician to pay compensation for violating the personal rights of the Foundation and […]

In June, an enforcement bailiff seized funds from the bank account of Law and Justice (PiS) MEP Maciej Wąsik. As a result, PLN 30,000 was transferred to the account of the Open Dialogue Foundation, following a court judgement. The politician had been ordered to pay compensation to the organisation for violating personal rights. Bartosz Kramek, […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation has received over PLN 27,000 collected by the enforcement bailiff from Maciej Wąsik’s account, as reported by the Polish Press Agency (PAP). The money is the result of the enforcement of a court judgement that obliged the PiS politician to pay compensation for violating the personal rights of the Foundation and […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation has received over PLN 27,000 collected by the enforcement bailiff from Maciej Wąsik’s account, as reported by the Polish Press Agency (PAP). The money is the result of the enforcement of a court judgement that obliged the PiS politician to pay compensation for violating the personal rights of the Foundation and […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation has prepared an application for the enforcement of an apology that Maciej Wąsik should have made by March. The organisation is demanding a penalty of PLN 5,000 for each day of delay. The Open Dialogue Foundation announced at the end of June that the enforcement bailiff had seized Maciej Wąsik’s accounts. […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation has received over PLN 27,000 collected by the enforcement bailiff from Maciej Wąsik’s account, as reported by the Polish Press Agency (PAP). The money is the result of the enforcement of a court judgement that obliged the PiS politician to pay compensation for violating the personal rights of the Foundation and […]

“The money from Maciej Wąsik is in our Foundation’s account,” said Bartosz Kramek from the ODF’s Supervisory Board. The money is the result of the enforcement of a court judgement that obliged the PiS politician to pay compensation for violating the personal rights of the Foundation and its leaders Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek. The […]