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Distraught sister accuses Brits of ‘MURDER’ after court rules to switch off her comatose brother’s life support

The Polish man who can only been named as RS, was rushed to hospital in Plymouth, UK, in November after suffering a heart attack which left him with “severe and irreversible brain damage.” SASHENKA GUTIERREZ/PAP/EPA

EXCLUSIVE: The Polish man was rushed to hospital in Plymouth, UK, in November after suffering a heart attack which left him with “severe and irreversible brain damage.” Now the UK High Court has ruled his life support be switched off, saying “it is not in his best interests for life sustaining treatment to be given.”

European Commission concerned by waiving immunity of judges in Poland

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Warsaw judge stripped of immunity by court

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Venice Commission's opinion on Poland's court reforms next week - source

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Sweden refuses extradition of Stalinist judge

A district court in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Thursday refused Poland's plea for the extradition of Stefan Michnik, a former Stalinist-era judge in Poland and today a Swedish citizen.

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