Poland's Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years and became a symbol of the struggle for independent courts under the country's populist government.
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Poland s Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years and became a symbol of the struggle for independent courts under the country s populist government.
A Warsaw judge fiercely critical of the government's overhaul of the judiciary has been denied the right to return to work, despite a Warsaw court earlier issuing a ruling ordering that he be reinstated to his post.
After being illegally suspended for over 1,5 years, on Monday, judge Igor Tuleya was reinstated to work by the Regional Court in Warsaw. The decision, however, was quickly reversed by a judge appointed directly by the Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro.