International Foundation Emila Czeczko is named after a Polish soldier who deserted to Belarus and publicly appeared in the state-owned Belarusian media, accusing the Polish authorities of crimes against migrants. This information was first reported by the OKO.press portal.
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The Foundation awards the award every year – in the past, it went to people who supported the Lukashenko regime or sympathized with Russia.
He heads the foundation Dmitry Belyakov, a former agent of the Belarusian KGB, who said in the foundation's announcement that the award was to go to those who “fight for true democracy.”
The choice of the winner, Grzegorz Braun, therefore raises questions about the nature of this award, its intentions and the message it carries for recipients – especially in the context of the Polish political scene.
In the European Parliament about revoking the immunity of Grzegorz Braun
On Tuesday, the legal committee of the European Parliament supported the request to revoke the immunity of Grzegorz Braun. The application concerns suspicions of committing six crimes, including: violation of the bodily integrity of a doctor at the hospital in Oleśnica. The final decision on this matter now rests with the entire European Parliament.
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This is not the first procedure of this type against policy. Already in May this year, the European Parliament decided to revoke Braun's immunity in connection with proceedings regarding, among others, his intervention at the Hanukkah candlestick in the Sejm and other controversial events.
In the application currently under consideration, Braun is also accused of publicly inciting religious hatred on the Internet and insulting religious feelings. This concerns an interview given on YouTube, in which he referred to, among others, to the event of December 12, 2023, when he used a fire extinguisher in the Sejm to extinguish a Hanukkah candle.
Grzegorz Braun with the award in Belarus. There is a comment by Radosław Sikorski
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, reacted to the award given to Grzegorz Braun in his entry on the X platform, he also mentioned former Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt, who fled to Belarus in 2024.
