Dr. Michał Skwarzyński, Father Olszewski’s defender, announced on Telewizja wPoland that the video documents how the priest was treated in the first dozen hours. Michał Olszewski, was not transferred to court. “We can believe that in Poland, as the saying goes, we will be able to put an end to this matter, but under international law such tricks do not work,” Dr. Skwarzyński emphasized.
On September 6, a court hearing will be held on the use of torture and the detention of Father Michał Olszewski. (…) Imagine that there is no video evidence. It has not been forwarded to the court
– he said Dr. Michał Skwarzyński. He specified which situations the recordings should cover.
What happened at the Orlen station and what happened at the PdOZ, that is, in the detainees’ room. The evidence in the form of video recordings – and there are cameras there – has not been handed over, everyone pretends that they do not know what is happening, but I will submit it to the court in a procedural act, because there are such recordings, they are stored in a very specific way and we will conclude all this
– he added.
““Poland has already been punished for using torture”
Father Olszewski’s advocate warned that hiding these recordings would not help Polish authorities when this case is considered internationally.
Poland has already been punished for using torture against prisoners transported to the US and now the situation will be exactly the same. (…) If Poland is not able to show the PDOZ recordings concerning Father Michał, whether he really received meals, access to a toilet, drinking water, then no one will hear some bizarre explanations that these recordings disappeared somewhere, but will everyone know what this means in practice?
– he said.
The Polish state will be held accountable for these tortures sooner or later. If the state itself does not provide surveillance recordings of such situations, it shows that the state really wants to hide something. (…) You can believe that in Poland, as the saying goes, it will be possible to put an end to this matter, but under international law such tricks do not work.
– he pointed.
“The case is truly scandalous.”
Skwarzyński also commented on the blocking of the accounts of the Profeto foundation, which was first reported by the wPolityce.pl portal.
The case is truly scandalous because the question of deciding whether these accounts should be kept safe or not is very simple. Either we guarantee the State Treasury’s receivables by means of bills of exchange and mortgages on this property, or we are creating a story that the guaranteed property is not sufficient to meet the alleged demands of the State Treasury and we are in fact depriving the legal entity, which is this basis.
– he said.
Of course I will appeal this decision, but at the same time the court could have made such a decision long ago. (…) In fact, everything is aimed at keeping this issue of Father’s accounts for as long as possible. Michał Olszewski continued to drag it out over time.
– he added.
“I saw the arrest warrant, there is basically nothing new in this warrant.”
Father Olszewski’s defense attorney also commented on the prosecutor’s request to extend his client’s detention.
I have seen the request for arrest, there is basically nothing new in this application. (…) I hope that the court will not fall for this action, because it is clear to everyone in Poland that this is a trick to circumvent the decision of the Court of Appeal. Either the courts will enter politics and take care of certain things for the prosecutor’s office, or they will be independent. (…) If they follow this political path, it will be the end of the judiciary
– he said.
tkwl/Television in Poland
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