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For the first time in 35 years, since the fall of communism and the great victory of Poles over totalitarianism, we have political prisoners in Poland

Former Polish minister's deputy joins hunger strike in prison


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By -- Reuters —— Bio and Archives January 10, 2024

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WARSAW - Poland's former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said he had started a hunger strike as a "political prisoner" on Wednesday, and was joined in the protest by his ex-deputy Maciej Wasik a day after both men, convicted of abuse of power, were sent to jail.

Their high-profile arrests, which took place inside the presidential palace in Warsaw on Tuesday while the president was at a different location in the city, have triggered raw emotion in Poland with protests carrying over to Wednesday. ---More...




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