“The publication Fakt has learned that Polish President Andrzej Duda will appear in court because of his comments about the audience of Agnieszka Holland’s film “The Green Border”. Source: “European Truth” with reference to Fakt publication Details: According to the Center for Monitoring Racist and Xenophobic Behavior, the President of Poland “insulted the citizens of his own country” when he said that “only pigs sit in the cinema.””, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The publication Fakt has learned that Polish President Andrzej Duda will appear in court because of his comments about the audience of Agnieszka Holland’s film “The Green Border”.
Source: “European Pravda” with a reference to the publication Fakt
Details: According to the Center for Monitoring Racist and Xenophobic Behavior, the President of Poland “insulted the citizens of his own country” when he said that “only pigs sit in the cinema”.
The organization noted that the first hearing against Duda will take place on October 24, 2025 in Warsaw.
The film, which the Polish president commented on, tells the story of how refugees from the Middle East and Africa try to reach the European Union through the “green border” between Belarus and Poland. Film director Agnieszka Holland showed how Belarusian propaganda lures migrants to the border and promises easy passage to the EU.
“The fact that Mrs. Holland shows Polish officials in this way doing their job for Polish society, for the safety of all of us, for the safety of Poland, I’m not surprised that the Border Guard officers who watched this film used the slogan ‘Only pigs sit in the cinema,” said Duda.
Later, according to the publication, answering the questions of the TVN24 channel about these words, he said that it was not his statement, but only a quote, and also referred to the “quotation law”.
The lawyer interviewed by the journalists noted that “this will be a trial that has no precedent in history.”
“It is necessary to emphasize and explain that this is a civil process for the violation of personal rights against the state treasury. The verdict in such a case may include an apology or compensation or compensation for damages, if the court establishes a violation of personal benefits specified in the Civil Code,” he explained.
He added that the court can oblige to publish an apology in the mass media.
We will remind:
- In October 2023, the Polish Center for Monitoring Racist and Xenophobic Behavior filed a lawsuit against Duda in the District Court of Warsaw due to his comments about the viewers of Agnieszka Holland’s sensational film “The Green Border”.
- On September 11, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland signed a decree that extends the buffer zone on the border with Belarus for another 90 days, already on September 26 it was reported that in recent weeks the number of attempts to illegally cross the Polish-Belarusian border has increased.
- As you know, the ban on staying in a certain area in the buffer zone has been in effect since June 13, 2024. It came into force after a surge in attempts by migrants to cross the border and a series of violent incidents, one of which resulted in the death of a serviceman.
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