A European Arrest Warrant has been issued by the District Military Court in Warsaw for Helena Brus-Wolinska, a Stalinist era military prosecutor.
For years Polish authorities have been demanding the surrender of Wolinska, who is resident in London since 1968. She is charged with compliance in the death of general August Fieldorf, one of the commanders of the underground Home Army during World War Two. He was arrested in 1950 by the Communists. The orders were signed by Wolinska. After a one day mock trial general Fieldorf had been sentenced to death.
In democratic Poland Wolinska has been considered a perpetrator of Communist crimes. Hence, her deeds do not fall into the category of legal prosecution expiration. In August 2006 the UK had officially refused to extradite Helena Brus-Wolinska at the request of a Polish court, quoting health and humanitarian reasons.
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The European Arrest Warrant, which replaces and speeds up extradition procedures between EU member states, has been motioned in WolinskaÂ’s case by the Prosecution Department of the National Remembrance Institute in Warsaw.
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