Grzegorz Braun charged over Oleśnica hospital incident and other alleged offences

Charges presented in Wrocław

Prosecutors at the Wrocław District Prosecutor's Office charged Grzegorz Braun on 26 October 2026, the sixth time they tried to do so. Braun, leader of the Confederation of the Polish Crown and a member of the European Parliament, appeared in person this time. Earlier, according to Rzeczpospolita, he had skipped summonses, filed motions to remove the prosecutor, left the office before the charges were read, or failed to return after a scheduled break. The European Parliament voted to lift his immunity on 13 November 2025, which opened the way for the charges.

Reports differ on how many counts were presented. Polsat News and RMF24 put the number at six, while TVP Info reported four.

The counts

According to RMF24, four of the counts concern the Oleśnica hospital. The first covers the unlawful deprivation of liberty of a female gynecologist on 16 April 2025 at the hospital, and the second covers infringement of her bodily integrity. Two further counts concern insulting and defaming the same doctor. The remaining counts are public incitement to religious hatred through an online interview recorded on 14 December 2023, and the destruction of posters at the Opole market on 18 March 2025, which harmed the association Tęczowe Opole. The interview discussed the use of a fire extinguisher in the Sejm against a Hanukkah candle, and prosecutors say Braun approved of such conduct. Polsat News described the property offence as the destruction of a photo exhibition.

RMF24 reports that Braun refused to give explanations, refused to sign the charge decision or the interview record, and gave no personal details. His lawyer signed the documents. After leaving the prosecutor's office, Braun said:

“They accuse me of acting in defence of life.”

The April 2025 hospital incident

On 16 April 2025, when he was a presidential candidate, Braun entered the Powiatowy Zespół Szpitali in Oleśnica with a group of several dozen people and tried to stop a female gynecologist from working. Braun described his action as a citizen's arrest. The doctor, who had carried out a late-term termination that she has said was lawful, told PAP that Braun blocked her path in the administrative department and shut her in an administrative room for more than an hour. She also said she had been insulted, threatened, pushed and grabbed when she tried to leave. According to TVP Info, police were called to the hospital, and MP Roman Fritz accompanied Braun. Rzeczpospolita reports that a picket by pro-life and national groups took place outside the facility.

Other people charged

In the same investigation, prosecutors have charged an activist of the Confederation of the Polish Crown, identified as Marta C., and four other people. Marta C. is accused of depriving the doctor of liberty by preventing her from leaving her office, and of infringing her bodily integrity by holding her arms during the incident. Braun and the others have been charged, not convicted, and the articles give no trial date.