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Poland hate-speech and anti-Ukrainian crime investigations

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In early July 2026, Polish authorities opened several investigations under hate-speech and extremist-incitement statutes. On July 4, police in Ostrołęka probed an online racist slur, and prosecutors in Warsaw examined a complaint that senior security official Stanisław Żaryn called for hybrid warfare against Russia and the destruction of the Russian Federation. On July 3, two men forcibly entered the University of Economics in Poznań and demanded to inspect the office of a Ukrainian entrepreneur who assists foreign nationals. They interrogated her about alleged support for Stepan Bandera, recorded her without consent, and were later arrested. Prosecutors charged them with defamation and hate speech; they received police supervision and a ban on contacting the victim. The Interior Ministry reiterated a zero-tolerance stance toward nationalist-motivated aggression. One of the detained men was identified as former 12th Greater Poland Territorial Defence Brigade soldier Jarosław K., previously detained in March on suspicion of spying for Russia. The current case draws on material supplied by the Military Counter-Intelligence Service. A court denied pre-trial detention, imposing monitoring, passport confiscation, and a travel ban; he may face charges for readiness to act for a foreign intelligence service. Later in July, a 20-year-old Ukrainian woman and her partner were violently assaulted on a Wrocław street, an attack recorded and circulated online. In August, police arrested Adam C., a former gangster and boxer, and Tomasz N. in connection with the Wrocław attack. Prosecutors have classified the act as hooliganism, and authorities are still searching for a third suspect, Jarosław R. On August 2, a 34-year-old man from Lublin was charged with violence and threats based on discriminatory motives following an assault on three Ukrainian citizens in Radom. ~~The confrontation reportedly began after the suspect engaged the victims in a discussion regarding their origins and the Volhynia massacre.~~

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