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Prominent Polish judge reinstated amid standoff with EU

FILE - A protester encircled by police holds a poster with the image of Judge Igor Tuleya outside of the Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday April 21, 2021. Poland’s Supreme Court has reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years. The judge had become a symbol of the struggle for independent courts under a populist government. The Supreme Court also said that Judge Igor Tuleya was not guilty of a crime which prosecutors had accused him of. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File) FILE - Judge Igor Tuleya, critical of the right-wing government's overhaul of the judiciary, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday April 21, 2021. Poland’s Supreme Court has reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years. The judge had become a symbol of the struggle for independent courts under a populist government. The Supreme Court also said that Judge Igor Tuleya was not guilty of a crime which prosecutors had accused him of. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
Prominent Polish judge reinstated amid standoff with EU