Poland is seeking the arrest of a judge who recently fled the country to seek refuge in authoritarian Belarus. A European arrest warrant has been requested for Judge Tomasz Szmydt, the spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. A court in Warsaw has ordered Szmydt to be remanded in custody for three months. Judge Szmydt, from the Warsaw District Administrative Court, requested asylum in Belarus last week. At a press conference in Minsk, he personally asked ruler Alexander Lukashenko for “care and protection.” The judge explained his move by saying that he did not agree wit…