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[td]On 15 January 2025, Braun announced he would run for [[President of Poland]] in the [[2025 Polish presidential election|upcoming election]], confirming previous speculations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Faber |first1=Cezary |last2=Berenda |first2=Krzysztof |title=Grzegorz Braun zostanie usunięty z Konfederacji. 'Popełnił błąd' |url=https://www.rmf24.pl/polityka/news-...ederacji-popelnil-bla,nId,7893590#crp_state=1 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[RMF FM|RMF 24]] |publisher=Grupa RMF |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> He declared his intent despite the fact that the [[Confederation Liberty and Independence]] (KWiN) leadership had designated [[Sławomir Mentzen]] as its presidential candidate back in August 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sławomir Mentzen będzie kandydatem Konfederacji na prezydenta |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/wybory-prez...tzen-bedzie-kandydatem-konfederacji-st8050435 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[[TVN24|TVN24.pl]] |publisher=[[TVN Group|TVN]] |date=20 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Czermiński |first1=Jakub |title=Grzegorz Braun ogłosił start w wyborach. Jest reakcja Konfederacji |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41689...il-start-w-wyborach-jest-reakcja-konfederacji |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]] |publisher=Gremi Media |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> As a result Braun was expelled from the party on 17 January.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sąd partyjny Konfederacji zdecydował o skreśleniu Grzegorza Brauna z listy członków |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/sad-partyjn...u-grzegorza-brauna-z-listy-czlonkow-st8265661 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[[TVN24|TVN24.pl]] |publisher=[[TVN Group|TVN]] |date=17 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> [[Janusz Korwin-Mikke]], founder and former member of the KWiN, has expressed support for Braun's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Drob |first1=Daniel |title=Braun kluczył, a działacze byli w 'blokach startowych'. Korwin: Cztery miesiące go namawiałem |url=https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadom...ialacze-byli-w-blokach-startowych-korwin.html |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[Gazeta.pl]] |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In April 2025, the [["Never Again" Association|Never Again Association]] published a report about the Polish far right's praise of the racist killer [[Janusz Waluś]], who in 1993 assassinated [[South African Communist Party]] leader [[Chris Hani]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nigdywiecej.org/en/our-...5595-a-hero-s-welcome-for-an-apartheid-killer | title=A Hero's Welcome for an Apartheid Killer }}</ref> According to this report Braun has long supported Waluś, undertaking parliamentary interventions to obtain his release from life imprisonment and promoting fundraisers for him. He also defended Waluś's crime, stating, among other things, "In my world, shooting communist party secretaries can be a noble act, because committed out of necessity."<ref>{{Cite web |title='NEVER AGAIN' Association 'We needed to eliminate someone'. A Hero's Welcome For An Apartheid Killer. Report |url=https://www.nigdywiecej.org//docsta...s_welcome_for_an_apartheid_killer._report.pdf |website=www.nigdywiecej.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art42091...aunie-bosaku-a-nawet-nawrockim|title=Nazwiska znanych polityków trafiły do raportu ws. reakcji na powrót Walusia do Polski - rp.pl}}</ref>[/td]
[td]According to a report by the [["Never Again" Association]], Braun has long supported [[Janusz Waluś]], the murderer of the [[South African Communist Party]] leader [[Chris Hani]], undertaking parliamentary interventions to obtain his release from life imprisonment and promoting fundraisers for him. He also defended Waluś's crime, stating, among other things, "In my world, shooting communist party secretaries can be a noble act, because committed out of necessity."<ref>{{Cite web |title='NEVER AGAIN' Association 'We needed to eliminate someone'. A Hero's Welcome For An Apartheid Killer. Report |url=https://www.nigdywiecej.org//docsta...s_welcome_for_an_apartheid_killer._report.pdf |website=www.nigdywiecej.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art42091...aunie-bosaku-a-nawet-nawrockim|title=Nazwiska znanych polityków trafiły do raportu ws. reakcji na powrót Walusia do Polski - rp.pl}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]On 16 April 2025 Braun, along with MP [[Roman Fritz]] and a group of activists, attempted a [[citizen's arrest]] of a [[Gynaecology|gynaecologist]] working at a hospital in [[Oleśnica]]:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Głowacki |first=Witold |date=22 April 2025 |title=Alarm bombowy w szpitalu w Oleśnicy, groźby wobec lekarki |url=https://oko.press/na-zywo/na-zywo-relacja/alarm-bombowy-w-szpitalu-w-olesnicy-grozby-wobec-lekarki |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=OKO.press |language=pl}}</ref> Braun and his group prevented the gynaecologist from leaving her office, Braun called her a "serial murderer", and pushed her. The police were called, but they did not arrest Braun or his group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vernon |first=Will |date=29 April 2025 |title='He kept saying I'm a murderer': Polish doctor targeted for legal abortion |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkg4y5jpjpo |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chiappa |first=Claudia |date=18 April 2025 |title=Far-right Polish MEP threatens doctor with 'citizen's arrest' over late-term abortion |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/rig...n-arrest-late-term-abortion-gizela-jagielska/ |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Politico}}</ref> The doctor had previously legally aborted a 37-week-old foetus since its severe congenital bone fragility would have caused a significant risk to the mother; it also had a very high chance of being a stillbirth. After the incident, the doctor was harassed and [[Doxing|doxxed]] on social media and the hospital was sent [[Bomb threat|bomb threats]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sitnicka |first=Dominika |date=18 April 2025 |title=Czego o sprawie z Oleśnicy nie powie ci prawicowy polityk i dziennikarz |url=https://oko.press/czego-o-sprawie-z-olesnicy-nie-powie-ci-prawicowy-polityk-i-dziennikarz |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=OKO.press |language=pl}}</ref> Braun's sister condemned his actions in an article for the newspaper [[Tygodnik Powszechny|''Tygodnik Powszechny'']], and said that "the line has been crossed".<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2025 |title=Grzegorz Braun's sister speaks out: 'I'm ashamed of what he's doing' |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/778...ister-speaks-out-im-ashamed-of-what-hes-doing |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Polskie Radio}}</ref>[[File:2025 Polish presidential election - 1 rund Braun.png|thumb|2025 Results of Braun. He obtained the highest result in [[Gmina Podedwórze]] (20.16%), and the lowest in [[Krynica Morska]] (3.17%)]][/td]
[td]On 16 April 2025 Braun, along with MP [[Roman Fritz]] and a group of activists, attempted a [[citizen's arrest]] of a [[Gynaecology|gynaecologist]] working at a hospital in [[Oleśnica]]:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Głowacki |first=Witold |date=22 April 2025 |title=Alarm bombowy w szpitalu w Oleśnicy, groźby wobec lekarki |url=https://oko.press/na-zywo/na-zywo-relacja/alarm-bombowy-w-szpitalu-w-olesnicy-grozby-wobec-lekarki |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=OKO.press |language=pl}}</ref> Braun and his group prevented the gynaecologist from leaving her office, Braun called her a "serial murderer", and pushed her. The police were called, but they did not arrest Braun or his group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vernon |first=Will |date=29 April 2025 |title='He kept saying I'm a murderer': Polish doctor targeted for legal abortion |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkg4y5jpjpo |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chiappa |first=Claudia |date=18 April 2025 |title=Far-right Polish MEP threatens doctor with 'citizen's arrest' over late-term abortion |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/rig...n-arrest-late-term-abortion-gizela-jagielska/ |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Politico}}</ref> The doctor had previously legally aborted a 37-week-old foetus since its severe congenital bone fragility would have caused a significant risk to the mother; it also had a very high chance of being a stillbirth. After the incident, the doctor was harassed and [[Doxing|doxxed]] on social media and the hospital was sent [[Bomb threat|bomb threats]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sitnicka |first=Dominika |date=18 April 2025 |title=Czego o sprawie z Oleśnicy nie powie ci prawicowy polityk i dziennikarz |url=https://oko.press/czego-o-sprawie-z-olesnicy-nie-powie-ci-prawicowy-polityk-i-dziennikarz |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=OKO.press |language=pl}}</ref> Braun's sister condemned his actions in an article for the newspaper [[Tygodnik Powszechny|''Tygodnik Powszechny'']], and said that "the line has been crossed".<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2025 |title=Grzegorz Braun's sister speaks out: 'I'm ashamed of what he's doing' |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/778...ister-speaks-out-im-ashamed-of-what-hes-doing |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Polskie Radio}}</ref>[[File:2025 Polish presidential election - 1 rund Braun.png|thumb|2025 Results of Braun. He obtained the highest result in [[Gmina Podedwórze]] (20.16%), and the lowest in [[Krynica Morska]] (3.17%)]][/td]
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[td]On 15 January 2025, Braun announced he would run for [[President of Poland]] in the [[2025 Polish presidential election|upcoming election]], confirming previous speculations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Faber |first1=Cezary |last2=Berenda |first2=Krzysztof |title=Grzegorz Braun zostanie usunięty z Konfederacji. 'Popełnił błąd' |url=https://www.rmf24.pl/polityka/news-...ederacji-popelnil-bla,nId,7893590#crp_state=1 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[RMF FM|RMF 24]] |publisher=Grupa RMF |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> He declared his intent despite the fact that the [[Confederation Liberty and Independence]] (KWiN) leadership had designated [[Sławomir Mentzen]] as its presidential candidate back in August 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sławomir Mentzen będzie kandydatem Konfederacji na prezydenta |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/wybory-prez...tzen-bedzie-kandydatem-konfederacji-st8050435 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[[TVN24|TVN24.pl]] |publisher=[[TVN Group|TVN]] |date=20 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Czermiński |first1=Jakub |title=Grzegorz Braun ogłosił start w wyborach. Jest reakcja Konfederacji |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41689...il-start-w-wyborach-jest-reakcja-konfederacji |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]] |publisher=Gremi Media |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> As a result Braun was expelled from the party on 17 January.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sąd partyjny Konfederacji zdecydował o skreśleniu Grzegorza Brauna z listy członków |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/sad-partyjn...u-grzegorza-brauna-z-listy-czlonkow-st8265661 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[[TVN24|TVN24.pl]] |publisher=[[TVN Group|TVN]] |date=17 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> [[Janusz Korwin-Mikke]], founder and former member of the KWiN, has expressed support for Braun's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Drob |first1=Daniel |title=Braun kluczył, a działacze byli w 'blokach startowych'. Korwin: Cztery miesiące go namawiałem |url=https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadom...ialacze-byli-w-blokach-startowych-korwin.html |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[Gazeta.pl]] |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 03:38, 5 September 2025
[/td][td]On 15 January 2025, Braun announced he would run for [[President of Poland]] in the [[2025 Polish presidential election|upcoming election]], confirming previous speculations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Faber |first1=Cezary |last2=Berenda |first2=Krzysztof |title=Grzegorz Braun zostanie usunięty z Konfederacji. 'Popełnił błąd' |url=https://www.rmf24.pl/polityka/news-...ederacji-popelnil-bla,nId,7893590#crp_state=1 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[RMF FM|RMF 24]] |publisher=Grupa RMF |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> He declared his intent despite the fact that the [[Confederation Liberty and Independence]] (KWiN) leadership had designated [[Sławomir Mentzen]] as its presidential candidate back in August 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sławomir Mentzen będzie kandydatem Konfederacji na prezydenta |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/wybory-prez...tzen-bedzie-kandydatem-konfederacji-st8050435 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[[TVN24|TVN24.pl]] |publisher=[[TVN Group|TVN]] |date=20 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Czermiński |first1=Jakub |title=Grzegorz Braun ogłosił start w wyborach. Jest reakcja Konfederacji |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41689...il-start-w-wyborach-jest-reakcja-konfederacji |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]] |publisher=Gremi Media |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> As a result Braun was expelled from the party on 17 January.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sąd partyjny Konfederacji zdecydował o skreśleniu Grzegorza Brauna z listy członków |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/sad-partyjn...u-grzegorza-brauna-z-listy-czlonkow-st8265661 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[[TVN24|TVN24.pl]] |publisher=[[TVN Group|TVN]] |date=17 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> [[Janusz Korwin-Mikke]], founder and former member of the KWiN, has expressed support for Braun's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Drob |first1=Daniel |title=Braun kluczył, a działacze byli w 'blokach startowych'. Korwin: Cztery miesiące go namawiałem |url=https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadom...ialacze-byli-w-blokach-startowych-korwin.html |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=[[Gazeta.pl]] |date=16 January 2025 |language=pl}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In April 2025, the [["Never Again" Association|Never Again Association]] published a report about the Polish far right's praise of the racist killer [[Janusz Waluś]], who in 1993 assassinated [[South African Communist Party]] leader [[Chris Hani]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nigdywiecej.org/en/our-...5595-a-hero-s-welcome-for-an-apartheid-killer | title=A Hero's Welcome for an Apartheid Killer }}</ref> According to this report Braun has long supported Waluś, undertaking parliamentary interventions to obtain his release from life imprisonment and promoting fundraisers for him. He also defended Waluś's crime, stating, among other things, "In my world, shooting communist party secretaries can be a noble act, because committed out of necessity."<ref>{{Cite web |title='NEVER AGAIN' Association 'We needed to eliminate someone'. A Hero's Welcome For An Apartheid Killer. Report |url=https://www.nigdywiecej.org//docsta...s_welcome_for_an_apartheid_killer._report.pdf |website=www.nigdywiecej.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art42091...aunie-bosaku-a-nawet-nawrockim|title=Nazwiska znanych polityków trafiły do raportu ws. reakcji na powrót Walusia do Polski - rp.pl}}</ref>[/td]
[td]According to a report by the [["Never Again" Association]], Braun has long supported [[Janusz Waluś]], the murderer of the [[South African Communist Party]] leader [[Chris Hani]], undertaking parliamentary interventions to obtain his release from life imprisonment and promoting fundraisers for him. He also defended Waluś's crime, stating, among other things, "In my world, shooting communist party secretaries can be a noble act, because committed out of necessity."<ref>{{Cite web |title='NEVER AGAIN' Association 'We needed to eliminate someone'. A Hero's Welcome For An Apartheid Killer. Report |url=https://www.nigdywiecej.org//docsta...s_welcome_for_an_apartheid_killer._report.pdf |website=www.nigdywiecej.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art42091...aunie-bosaku-a-nawet-nawrockim|title=Nazwiska znanych polityków trafiły do raportu ws. reakcji na powrót Walusia do Polski - rp.pl}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]On 16 April 2025 Braun, along with MP [[Roman Fritz]] and a group of activists, attempted a [[citizen's arrest]] of a [[Gynaecology|gynaecologist]] working at a hospital in [[Oleśnica]]:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Głowacki |first=Witold |date=22 April 2025 |title=Alarm bombowy w szpitalu w Oleśnicy, groźby wobec lekarki |url=https://oko.press/na-zywo/na-zywo-relacja/alarm-bombowy-w-szpitalu-w-olesnicy-grozby-wobec-lekarki |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=OKO.press |language=pl}}</ref> Braun and his group prevented the gynaecologist from leaving her office, Braun called her a "serial murderer", and pushed her. The police were called, but they did not arrest Braun or his group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vernon |first=Will |date=29 April 2025 |title='He kept saying I'm a murderer': Polish doctor targeted for legal abortion |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkg4y5jpjpo |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chiappa |first=Claudia |date=18 April 2025 |title=Far-right Polish MEP threatens doctor with 'citizen's arrest' over late-term abortion |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/rig...n-arrest-late-term-abortion-gizela-jagielska/ |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Politico}}</ref> The doctor had previously legally aborted a 37-week-old foetus since its severe congenital bone fragility would have caused a significant risk to the mother; it also had a very high chance of being a stillbirth. After the incident, the doctor was harassed and [[Doxing|doxxed]] on social media and the hospital was sent [[Bomb threat|bomb threats]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sitnicka |first=Dominika |date=18 April 2025 |title=Czego o sprawie z Oleśnicy nie powie ci prawicowy polityk i dziennikarz |url=https://oko.press/czego-o-sprawie-z-olesnicy-nie-powie-ci-prawicowy-polityk-i-dziennikarz |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=OKO.press |language=pl}}</ref> Braun's sister condemned his actions in an article for the newspaper [[Tygodnik Powszechny|''Tygodnik Powszechny'']], and said that "the line has been crossed".<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2025 |title=Grzegorz Braun's sister speaks out: 'I'm ashamed of what he's doing' |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/778...ister-speaks-out-im-ashamed-of-what-hes-doing |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Polskie Radio}}</ref>[[File:2025 Polish presidential election - 1 rund Braun.png|thumb|2025 Results of Braun. He obtained the highest result in [[Gmina Podedwórze]] (20.16%), and the lowest in [[Krynica Morska]] (3.17%)]][/td]
[td]On 16 April 2025 Braun, along with MP [[Roman Fritz]] and a group of activists, attempted a [[citizen's arrest]] of a [[Gynaecology|gynaecologist]] working at a hospital in [[Oleśnica]]:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Głowacki |first=Witold |date=22 April 2025 |title=Alarm bombowy w szpitalu w Oleśnicy, groźby wobec lekarki |url=https://oko.press/na-zywo/na-zywo-relacja/alarm-bombowy-w-szpitalu-w-olesnicy-grozby-wobec-lekarki |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=OKO.press |language=pl}}</ref> Braun and his group prevented the gynaecologist from leaving her office, Braun called her a "serial murderer", and pushed her. The police were called, but they did not arrest Braun or his group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vernon |first=Will |date=29 April 2025 |title='He kept saying I'm a murderer': Polish doctor targeted for legal abortion |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkg4y5jpjpo |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chiappa |first=Claudia |date=18 April 2025 |title=Far-right Polish MEP threatens doctor with 'citizen's arrest' over late-term abortion |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/rig...n-arrest-late-term-abortion-gizela-jagielska/ |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Politico}}</ref> The doctor had previously legally aborted a 37-week-old foetus since its severe congenital bone fragility would have caused a significant risk to the mother; it also had a very high chance of being a stillbirth. After the incident, the doctor was harassed and [[Doxing|doxxed]] on social media and the hospital was sent [[Bomb threat|bomb threats]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sitnicka |first=Dominika |date=18 April 2025 |title=Czego o sprawie z Oleśnicy nie powie ci prawicowy polityk i dziennikarz |url=https://oko.press/czego-o-sprawie-z-olesnicy-nie-powie-ci-prawicowy-polityk-i-dziennikarz |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=OKO.press |language=pl}}</ref> Braun's sister condemned his actions in an article for the newspaper [[Tygodnik Powszechny|''Tygodnik Powszechny'']], and said that "the line has been crossed".<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2025 |title=Grzegorz Braun's sister speaks out: 'I'm ashamed of what he's doing' |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/778...ister-speaks-out-im-ashamed-of-what-hes-doing |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Polskie Radio}}</ref>[[File:2025 Polish presidential election - 1 rund Braun.png|thumb|2025 Results of Braun. He obtained the highest result in [[Gmina Podedwórze]] (20.16%), and the lowest in [[Krynica Morska]] (3.17%)]][/td]
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