Leader of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks to the media..An escalating dispute over who legally controls Warsawâ€⠢s Academy of Justice (Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwosci) brings right-wing supporters of the Polish Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, PiS) to the Academy to protest. The academyâ€⠢s rector-commandant, Michal Sopinski was dismissed earlier this year for alleged serious irregularities in doctoral-degree procedures and overt political activity. The Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek confirmed Sopinski s dismissal on the 10th September and appointed Slawomir Cudak to run the academy. SopiAski disputes the legality of his dismissal, and he an - ZUMAs197 20260911_aaa_s197_127

Leader of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks to the media..An escalating dispute over who legally controls Warsawâ€⠢s Academy of Justice (Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwosci) brings right-wing supporters of the Polish Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, PiS) to the Academy to protest. The academyâ€⠢s rector-commandant, Michal Sopinski was dismissed earlier this year for alleged serious irregularities in doctoral-degree procedures and overt political activity. The Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek confirmed Sopinski s dismissal on the 10th September and appointed Slawomir Cudak to run the academy. SopiAski disputes the legality of his dismissal, and he an - ZUMAs197 20260911_aaa_s197_127

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September 11, 2026, Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland: Leader of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks to the media..An escalating dispute over who legally controls Warsawâ€⠢s Academy of Justice (Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwosci) brings right-wing supporters of the Polish Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, PiS) to the Academy to protest. The academyâ€⠢s rector-commandant, Michal Sopinski was dismissed earlier this year for alleged serious irregularities in doctoral-degree procedures and overt political activity. The Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek confirmed Sopinski s dismissal on the 10th September and appointed Slawomir Cudak to run the academy. SopiAski disputes the legality of his dismissal, and he an - ZUMAs197 20260911_aaa_s197_127

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