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Young people take part in a protest against the conservative government, on the eighth straight day of angry demonstrations that were triggered by a recent tightening of the abortion law, in the Old Town, in Warsaw
PROTESTS against the Polish government’s near total ban on abortions have been described as “a turning point” in the country as hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Warsaw over the weekend.
Friday evening’s demonstration is thought to have been the biggest in decades with roads blocked across the capital as women defied calls from the government to stay at home as it threatened to mobilise the armed forces.
Protests continued over the weekend with anger over a ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Court more than a week ago which tightened the country’s already restrictive laws on abortion.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
MARK HAZELDEN criticises the Western narrative that the incident was an escalation of Russia’s confrontation with the West, given that Belarus, a Russian ally, warned Poland of off-course drones, and the drones were unarmed, cheap wooden decoys
