Former head of prosecutors Cut as prosecutor for totalitarianism unlawfully sent man into custody, court ruled

The imposition of custody on Milan Tomis (64) from Hnojník in Frýdeckomístek, who was sent to custody in the late 1980s for refusing to take part in military exercises as a Jehovah's Witness, was not justified. The Olomouc District Court ruled on Wednesday. The verdict is final, all parties waived the right of appeal. Tomis did not interview him, he did not attend the hearing.

The detention of a Jehovah's Witness in 1989 for refusing military service was unlawful, the court said. He was sent into custody by then-prosecutor Igor Stříž, who served as the chief prosecutor between 2021 and 2025.

Olomouc - The detention of Milan Tomis, who was imprisoned for almost two months in 1989 for refusing to take part in military training as a Jehovah's Witness, was illegal. This was stated today by Olomouc District Court judge Jakub Kučera. His freedom was restricted by the then military prosecutor Igor Stříž, later the highest state prosecutor. The man thus spent the period of the Velvet Revolution in prison. Tomis has thus been legally rehabil…