The protesters carry banners with the slogans: “Your fault, your fault, your very great fault”, “Pis off”, “Row on the pavement” or “Women’s Hell”. They shout: “I think, feel, decide.” Some of the participants have masks with a red lightning bolt emblem. Some people dance.
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Matejki and Wiejska Streets are closed to traffic. Along the barriers separating the Sejm area, there are policemen holding white helmets and shields. The policemen inform the participants of the protest about exposure to criminal liability. In response to protesters, shouts of “This is war”, “Take off your uniform, apologize to your mother.”
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Protest before the Sejm Lech Marcinczak / tvnwarszawa.pl
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Earlier, the protesters gathered in front of the Sejm before 2 p.m. Some of the demonstrators blocked the entrance to the parliament building from Wiejska Street. Police erected barriers to prevent demonstrators from approaching the parliament building.
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– Today, the representatives of the Women’s Strike invite you to events organized throughout Poland. Among other things, here, before the Seym. A few hours such a call appeared to all those who want to take part in the protest, also in reference to what happened today before noon in the parliament building – said Jan Piotrowski, who is in front of the Sejm, on TVN24 before 4 p.m.
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Protest before the Sejm Mateusz Marek / PAP
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– So far it is about 200 people, but as the organizers emphasize, they expect a much larger number of participants in this protest. Since most people will probably not come here until the end of their work, in front of the parliament building. A moment ago, the protesters read here the names of all those MPs from the United Right, but also members of other parties who signed the application to the Constitutional Tribunal, on the basis of which the tribunal issued the decision that caused these protests, he added.
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Before 6 p.m., TVN24 reporter Małgorzata Mielcarek announced that the protest was officially closed by Marta Lempart from the Polish Women’s Strike. – People are slowly dispersing in front of the Seym. The next protest is to take place on Wednesday – informed Mielcarek.
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Candles in Ursus
Protesters also appeared in Ursus, where candles were lit in front of Mariusz Kamiński’s parliamentary office. As we read on the event’s Facebook page: “Let’s light a candle in front of Krystyna Pawłowicz’s house”, the organizers called for a meeting in front of the PiS MP Mariusz Kamiński’s office at ul. Warsaw insurgents. “Please take candles with you. During the entire event, please respect the law” – we read on the event’s website.
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There, the protesters also had banners with the words “Where is Krysia?” They also chanted that they defend women’s rights.
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This is another demonstration of this type on Tuesday. In the morning, opponents of the Constitutional Tribunal’s decision on abortion blocked Wilson Square.
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On Tuesday, the Sejm also debates, at whose session From the very beginning, there were heated discussions on the protests that were going on in the country.
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The report from the proceedings is available here >>
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Another day of protests
In turn, on Monday around midnight at Plac Trzech Krzyży ended the event lasting from 16 protest against the abortion ruling.
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Before midnight at Trzech Krzyży Square – where in front of the PiS headquarters on Nowogrodzka Street, approx. Some of the protesters went on 23rd – the police announced the gathering was illegal and called the crowd to separate. Eventually, after the police officers intervened, the protesters left the square.
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Protests of many thousands against the tightening of the abortion law have been going on since Thursday. This is the result of the Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling that the provision of the 1993 Act allowing abortion in the case of a high probability of severe and irreversible impairment of the fetus or an incurable life-threatening disease is unconstitutional.
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photo-source">Main photo source: Lech Marcinczak / tvnwarszawa.pl
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