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Poland's populists slam 'political' arrests as ex-officials launch hunger strikes

File photo of Mariusz Kaminski taken while he was Poland's interior minister at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, August 28, 2023. © Czarek Sokolowski, AP (archives)

A former interior minister and his aide have launched hunger strikes from prison after being detained on abuse of power charges Tuesday for masterminding a fake graft case to discredit another politician in 2007. 

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday expressed shock following the arrests of a former interior minister and his aide in a high-profile case that saw the men launch a hunger strike in prison. 

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