Polish prosecutor backs down and acquittals stand for activists who assisted illegal migrants on Belarusian border (opens in new tab)

Five activists accused of helping migrants near the Belarusian border with Poland have been definitively acquitted after prosecutors abruptly dropped their appeal. A district court in Białystok confirmed it would no longer examine the case after the Hajnówka prosecutor’s office withdrew its challenge at the request of Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek. With no appeal remaining, […]