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18th December 2016, 09:11 AM
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/thousands-protest-media-restrictions-poland-161217033552767.html
Thousands of Warsaw residents joined a spontaneous demonstration in front of Poland's parliament to protest against a plan by the conservative ruling party to limit journalists' access to legislators.
The march, which began on Friday, continued into the early hours of Saturday, with crowds blocking the parliament for hours. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the ruling party, finally left the building after police forcibly removed protesters blocking the exit.
Protesters had blocked politicians' cars, preventing them from leaving the parliament area. Opposition politician Jerzy Meysztowicz said police used tear gas to disperse them.
A new protest was called for Saturday at noon in front of the Presidential Palace.
Rules proposed by the head office of the Sejm, the lower house, would ban all recording of parliamentary sessions except by five selected television stations and limit the number of journalists allowed in the building. They are due to take effect next year.
Mobilised by the civic movement, the Committee for the Defence of Democracy, or KOD, the crowd began gathering on Friday and waved white-and-red national flags and chanted "Free media!" in cold winter weather.
Radek Sikorski, a former foreign minister, was among government critics who addressed the protest, harshly denouncing Poland's political direction under Kaczynski, the most powerful politician in Poland and chairman of the ruling Law and Justice party that is introducing many sweeping changes.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/thousands-protest-media-restrictions-poland-161217033552767.html
Thousands of Warsaw residents joined a spontaneous demonstration in front of Poland's parliament to protest against a plan by the conservative ruling party to limit journalists' access to legislators.
The march, which began on Friday, continued into the early hours of Saturday, with crowds blocking the parliament for hours. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the ruling party, finally left the building after police forcibly removed protesters blocking the exit.
Protesters had blocked politicians' cars, preventing them from leaving the parliament area. Opposition politician Jerzy Meysztowicz said police used tear gas to disperse them.
A new protest was called for Saturday at noon in front of the Presidential Palace.
Rules proposed by the head office of the Sejm, the lower house, would ban all recording of parliamentary sessions except by five selected television stations and limit the number of journalists allowed in the building. They are due to take effect next year.
Mobilised by the civic movement, the Committee for the Defence of Democracy, or KOD, the crowd began gathering on Friday and waved white-and-red national flags and chanted "Free media!" in cold winter weather.
Radek Sikorski, a former foreign minister, was among government critics who addressed the protest, harshly denouncing Poland's political direction under Kaczynski, the most powerful politician in Poland and chairman of the ruling Law and Justice party that is introducing many sweeping changes.