Warsaw 3

2016 - 2017
Poland
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In 2016, three people were arrested[1] in the parking lot of a police station in Warsaw[2]. They were accused of attempting to set fire to police cars.

The people were detained for 4 months before being released.

In a 2017 trial, the people were sentenced to 3 months in prison (which they had already served), a fine, and 24 months of community service.

Techniques used

NameDescription
Interrogation techniques

A few weeks into his detention, one person gave an “extensive” testimony to the police. He claimed this was partly because of two techniques used by one of his lawyers to push him to give this testimony[2]:

  • The lawyer showed him a social media post written by someone from his political scene shortly after his arrest. The post criticized the action for which he had been arrested and did not include a declaration of solidarity. Because the post was the only reaction from his political scene that the person knew about, he felt isolated.
  • The lawyer told him that the two other people had already given extensive testimonies to the police, which was a lie.
Physical violence

The people were tortured during their arrest and in the first hours of their detention[2].