http://www.thenews.pl/national/artykul138772_communist-crime-prosecutions-to-be-\

discontinued.html





Communist crime prosecutions to be discontinued?01.09.2010 11:48

Up to 200 communist-era crime cases may be discontinued in Poland after a

Supreme Court ruling.



In August, the Supreme Court put a stop to a case in which two  communist

policemen, Jan D. and Janusz N. were charged for taking  repressive measures

against workers who staged a protest in Radom in 1976. The court ruled that the

case was unconstitutional.





The Institute of National Remembrance (IPN)  -  which examines communist and

Nazi era crimes - warns that the Supreme  Court’s ruling may set a precedent

for

discontinuing at least 20 percent  of communism-related cases currently being

investigated by the  institute, except murder and manslaughter cases.



  A classified list of 200 cases which might be discontinued  includes the murder

of priest Jerzy Popieluszko, Solidarity chaplain, of  Stanislaw Pyjas, member of

the anti-communist student movement and  Grzegorz Przemyk, son of an

oppositionist.









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Thanks for the article, John.  Unbelievable.



Barb Soja Revoet

Connecticut





--- In Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com, John Halucha <john.halucha@...> wrote:

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http://www.thenews.pl/national/artykul138772_communist-crime-prosecutions-to-be-\

discontinued.html

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> Communist crime prosecutions to be discontinued?01.09.2010 11:48

> Up to 200 communist-era crime cases may be discontinued in Poland after a

> Supreme Court ruling.

>

> In August, the Supreme Court put a stop to a case in which two  communist

> policemen, Jan D. and Janusz N. were charged for taking  repressive measures

> against workers who staged a protest in Radom in 1976. The court ruled that

the

> case was unconstitutional.

>

>

> The Institute of National Remembrance (IPN)  -  which examines communist and

> Nazi era crimes - warns that the Supreme  Court’s ruling may set a precedent

for

> discontinuing at least 20 percent  of communism-related cases currently being

> investigated by the  institute, except murder and manslaughter cases.

>

>  A classified list of 200 cases which might be discontinued  includes the

murder

> of priest Jerzy Popieluszko, Solidarity chaplain, of  Stanislaw Pyjas, member

of

> the anti-communist student movement and  Grzegorz Przemyk, son of an

> oppositionist.

>

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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