“A pathological judicial system of the Third Republic of Poland has handed down a ruthless and unjust verdict against him” – this is how former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki commented on the sentencing of Adam Borowski to six months in prison for statements about Roman Giertych. Expressions of solidarity with the legendary opposition activist are growing. “Lawyers for Poland” have announced legal assistance.
Adam Borowski, head of the Warsaw Gazeta Polska Club and a legendary anti-communist opposition activist, has been sentenced to six months of unconditional imprisonment for criticizing Roman Giertych. Borowski is a stroke survivor and suffers from cancer, yet, in the court’s view, he must go to prison for the words he spoke about Giertych.
The case has sparked outrage in both political and legal circles.
Politicians: An Unprecedented Scandal
“Adam Borowski has always stood on the side of truth and in defense of the weaker. Today, the pathological judicial system of the Third Republic of Poland has handed him a ruthless and unjust verdict. Adding salt to the wound is the fact that the verdict concerns one of the darkest figures in Polish politics – Giertych. We are and will remain in solidarity with Adam Borowski,”
wrote former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
“Adam Borowski, an activist of the underground ‘Solidarity,’ was sentenced to prison during martial law for fighting for a free Poland. In a free Poland… sentenced by ‘free’ courts to prison for expressing his views. Our history is bitter. Adam, we are with you!”
wrote Mariusz Kamiński.
“An unprecedented scandal,”
said Marek Ast.
“This is what ‘militant democracy’ looks like today – sentencing people who fought for our freedom,”
said Member of the European Parliament Piotr Müller, expressing his outrage.
Lawyers Respond to the Borowski Verdict
Lawyers from the association “Lawyers for Poland” have also come to Adam Borowski’s defense. They have announced that they will provide him with all possible assistance in this case, describing the verdict as bordering on “a judicial crime.”