US EditionFormer Polish justice minister who faces prosecution at home says he’s received asylum in Hungary
Hungary granted asylum to Ziobro amid allegations of embezzling about $35 million from a justice fund, escalating tensions with Poland's government over claims of political persecution.
- Zbigniew Ziobro announced on X that he has been granted political asylum in Hungary due to alleged political persecution in Poland, stating he will remain abroad until the rule of law is restored in Poland.
- Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó confirmed that Hungary has granted asylum to several individuals facing political persecution in Poland, aligning their actions with European Union regulations.
- Ziobro is under investigation in Poland for alleged misuse of funds and faces accusations of criminal offenses, as reported by Polish prosecutors.
- The asylum decision has escalated tensions between Poland and Hungary, with Polish authorities criticizing it as a politically motivated act while Hungary defends it as protection against political oppression.
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Zbigniew Ziobro, minister from 2015 to 2023, is the second member of the National Conservative Party PiS to find refuge in Budapest. ...
The Orban government prides itself on its rigid asylum policy, but a political ally from Poland receives protection. The move outrages the government in Warsaw and challenges a fundamental principle of the EU.
Poland's former Minister of Justice Ziobro apparently fled to Hungary and has now received political asylum there. He is accused of numerous crimes in his home country. What is behind the case? By P. Żuk.
Polish Ex-Minister Ziobro Granted Political Asylum in Hungary
A key figure of Warsaw’s former conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government, who is being targeted as part of leftist Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pursuit of his rivals, has been granted international protection and political asylum in Hungary. Zbigniew Ziobro said on Monday that he will “take advantage” of this decision “due to political repression in Poland,” adding: I choose to fight political banditry and lawlessness. I resist the growing…
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