WARSAW, Poland – Protests against the government caused by the tightening of Poland’s strict abortion law took place in one day in the predominantly Catholic nation.
Residents of many cities have ignored a virus restriction that restricts public meetings to no more than five people. On Sunday, marches were organized, some in silence, in the cities of Szczecin, Wroclaw, Krakow, Lodz, but not in the Polish capital of Warsaw, where some 100,000 demonstrated on Friday.
Some protesters carried chrysanthemums and memorial candles to remind them that Sunday was All Saints’ Day, a national holiday, and Poles could not stop at their relatives’ graves because the government closed all cemeteries due to the rapid spread of the virus.
Based on banner slogans and chants from recent protests, Women’s Strike, the organization leading the protests, described spaces beyond the right to abortion that she said require urgent change.
They come with broader rights for women and the LGBT community, the separation of the state from Poland’s influential Catholic Church, more investment in fitness care, and better work situations for young people.
Hundreds of thousands of poles, mostly young people, have been protesting daily against the right-wing government and the ruling Law and Justice Party since the country’s Constitutional Court on October 22 to annul a provision of Poland’s abortion law that allowed birth defect. Fetuses Defects.
They are chanting the resignation of the law government and the judiciary, which has been in force since 2015. Government measures to the judicial system, a new animal rights law, and statements of opposition to LGBT rights through senior officials have created political divisions. and protests even before the abortion decision.
Other demonstrations, led by women’s rights activists, are scheduled for next week. There is no sign of possible negotiations between activists and government officials.
Alarmed by the emerging tensions, an organization of some two hundred retired generals from the Polish armed forces, the border patrol company and other security agencies expressed “deep concern” over recent decisions made by the country’s leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 and the economic recession. . leads to social unrest and protests.
They called on politicians, protesters and security forces to show calm and wisdom.
Retired generals warned that “the continued escalation of movements and irresponsible behavior of politicians will lead to tragic and irreversible consequences” such as “bloodshed. “
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