{"id":115120,"date":"2024-11-22T21:06:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/115120\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"tomasz-szmydt-gets-political-asylum-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/115120\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish judge who defected to Belarus gets political asylum in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/szmydt-tg-grodno-9-06-1128-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Hrodna Regional Executive Committee&#039;s Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 22, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has granted Polish ex-judge Tomasz Szmydt political asylum in Belarus, the press office of the Belarusian ruler reported. He has also granted citizenship to 257 people from 16 countries, including Syria, Palestine and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish judge defected to Belarus in May, seeking political asylum and joining the state news agency <em>Bie\u0142TA<\/em>, while facing an investigation in Poland for alleged cooperation with Belarusian secret services. His passport was revoked by the Masovian Voivodeship, limiting his travel options and potentially trapping him in Belarus unless he receives a new passport from Belarusian authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shmydt_TG_kanal-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shmydt_TG_kanal-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shmydt_TG_kanal-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shmydt_TG_kanal-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shmydt_TG_kanal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shmydt_TG_kanal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Defected Polish judge may be responsible for large-scale data leak \u2013 reports<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 26, Pozirk. Former Polish Judge Tomasz Szmydt, who defected to Belarus in early May, could have shared a database of Polish judges, prosecutors, court officials and others with the Belarusian security services, Rzeczpospolita reported. Szmydt was in charge of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/97625\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 22, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has granted Polish ex-judge Tomasz Szmydt political asylum in Belarus, the press office of the Belarusian ruler reported. He has also granted citizenship to 257 people from 16 countries, including Syria, Palestine and Ukraine. 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