SOME 50,000 people rallied in central Warsaw on Saturday to “defend democracy”, denouncing the new conservative government which took office a month ago.
Brandishing Polish and European Union flags and shouting slogans such as “Liberty, Equality, Democracy”, the marchers said they felt their basic rights were under threat now.
“It’s not Budapest here, it’s Warsaw,” youth protestors shouted outside the presidential palace, referring to Hungary’s populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whom critics accuse of stifling human rights and democracy in his country.
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