A former Polish justice minister who faces prosecution in his homeland over alleged abuse of power says he has been granted asylum in Hungary. Zbigniew Ziobro was a key figure in the government led by the nationalist conservative Law and Justice party which ran Poland between 2015 and 2023. That administration established political control over key judicial institutions by stacking higher courts with friendly judges, and punishing its critics with disciplinary action or assignments to far-away locations. Current Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government came to power two years ago with ambitions to roll back the changes, but efforts to undo them have been blocked by presidents aligned with the national right.
