Polish president says he has pardoned two jailed opposition politicians

Arrest at president's residence of Mariusz Kamiski and Maciej Wsik, of Law and Justice party, had sparked bitter political row

Poland's president, Andrzej Duda, said he had pardoned two jailed politicians from the opposition populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which lost its majority in October elections, and called for their immediate release.

The former interior minister Mariusz Kamiski and his ex-deputy, Maciej Wsik, were imprisoned this month after being detained in the presidential palace. Their arrests sparked large protests by PiS supporters and both began hunger strikes claiming to be political prisoners".

An earlier headline said the two pardoned men were former politicians. They are, in fact, current politicians and the headline has been corrected.