Robert Bąkiewicz will not stand trial for the events in Słubice. The prosecutor's office does not budge

The District Court in Słubice (Lubuskie) discontinued the entire proceedings against Robert Bąkiewicz, whom the prosecutor's office accused, among others, of: for insulting officers of the Border Guard and Military Police at the border crossing in Słubice – said Roman Makowski, spokesman for the District Court in Gorzów Wielkopolski.

He added that the decision is not final and the parties can appeal against it

At Tuesday's meeting, the court found that all the acts accused of Robert Bąkiewicz in the indictment did not constitute a crime and discontinued the criminal proceedings against him in their entirety. The justification for the court's decision is not known due to its content being confidential, said Judge Makowski.

Bąkiewicz after the case was discontinued: We live in the realities of brutal political struggle

After the court's decision was announced on the X website, Robert Bąkiewicz wrote, among other things: “This case is proof that we live in the reality of a brutal political struggle, where the state apparatus is used to beat the opposition. This is just the beginning. Now it's time for YOU to apologize. Every politician and every editorial office that took part in this campaign will suffer the consequences.”

The spokeswoman of the District Prosecutor's Office in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Mariola Wojciechowska-Grześkowiak, told PAP that the prosecutor's office will file a complaint against the court's decision to discontinue the criminal proceedings.

Charges of hate speech and insulting the Border Guard

On December 31 last year, the District Prosecutor's Office in Gorzów Wlkp. submitted an indictment in this case to the Słubice court. She accused Bąkiewicz of insulting four Border Guard and Military Police officers on June 29, 2025, slandering a female Border Guard officer on the X portal and slandering various groups of people on the same portal.

Bąkiewicz was also accused of inciting hatred on the basis of national, ethnic and racial differences by posting in his posts on the X website and in interviews on YouTube, statements that arouse and intensify in their recipients feelings of strong reluctance and hostility towards people of German nationality and immigrants.

Robert Bąkiewicz did not admit to the charges against him from the beginning. He faced a fine, restriction of liberty or imprisonment from one to three years.

Bąkiewicz is an activist of national circles, he appears on the Polish-German border as part of the so-called citizen patrols. He also established the Border Defense Movement – a nationwide social initiative whose aim is to “defend Poland against mass migration and the threats related to it.” (PAP)

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