He fought for free Poland and was arrested. The services caught up with the icon of the opposition in the Polish People’s Republic
Piotr Niemczyk was detained and taken into custody. This is the result of refusing to perform community service ordered for the Last Generation protest.
As we learn from Onet journalists, on Tuesday around 9 a.m. the police detained Piotr Niemczyk and took him into custody. The former oppositionist from the times of the Polish People’s Republic will spend 15 days behind bars.
Piotr Niemczyk in custody? Unofficial reports
In this way, Niemczyk is to answer for the Last Generation protest of May 2025. Together with other activists, he blocked traffic, for which the court sentenced 26 people to one month of restriction of liberty in the form of community service. Apart from Niemczyk, Paweł Kasprzak was also sentenced to the same punishment. They both refused to do it.
In response to this attitude, the court changed the penalty of restriction of liberty to 15 days of detention. Kasprzak served it from April 23 to May 8 in the prison in Siedlce. According to Onet’s unofficial findings, Niemczyk is now behind bars. However, the Warsaw Police Headquarters did not confirm the media reports.
Piotr Niemczyk behind bars. Paweł Kasprzak defends the former oppositionist
The above-mentioned Kasprzak commented on Niemczyk’s situation. – While I deserved it because I was actually sitting on the road and blocking traffic, Piotr’s situation was completely different. He was standing on the sidewalk with a banner. He had previously suffered a complicated leg injury, so he was afraid that if he sat down, it might end badly for his health. Despite this, he was convicted for blocking traffic and refusing to leave the road. What an absurdity, he pointed out.
Kasprzak was outraged about one more issue. – It is scandalous that injunctions were passed in this case, which deprives the accused of the right to defend themselves. Moreover, in accordance with the regulations, the court may impose a penalty of restriction of liberty or a fine in this manner, and changing it to a penalty of imprisonment is illegal, he said.
Former political prisoners issued a special appeal in which they asked the Minister of Justice and the Ombudsman to submit a cassation appeal in the case of Kasprzak, Niemczyk and the remaining 24 people. The authors of the letter point out that such actions of the justice system are unacceptable in a democratic state of law.
