Poland president seeks release of Polish traveller sentenced to life in DRC (2024)

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Poland president seeks release of Polish traveller sentenced to life in DRC (2024)

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Poland president seeks release of Polish traveller sentenced to life in DRC? ›

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's President Andrzej Duda has spoken on the phone with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi

Felix Tshisekedi
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (French: [feliks ɑ̃twan tʃisekedi tʃilombo]; born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 24 January 2019.
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in an effort to obtain the release of a Polish traveler who was sentenced to life in prison in the vast Central African country on espionage charges, an aide said Monday.

Who was the president of Poland who died? ›

Lech Kaczyński, the fourth President of the Republic of Poland, died on 10 April 2010, after a Polish Air Force Tu-154 crashed outside of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 aboard. His wife, economist and First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, was also among those killed.

What language does Poland speak? ›

Languages of Poland

The country's official language, Polish (together with other Lekhitic languages and Czech, Slovak, and Upper and Lower Sorbian), belongs to the West Slavic branch of Slavic languages.

Who was the Polish priest who was murdered? ›

Popiełuszko, who was prominently associated with the Solidarity movement that helped bring down Poland's communist regime, was murdered in 1984 by agents of the security services. He was later recognised as a martyr by the Roman Catholic church and in 2010 beatified – a step on the path to sainthood.

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