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In addition to being an anti-government march, the march was also against freedom of expression as the government attempt to silence their Catholic worldview. Good on the Poles, one of the most devoted Catholic European countries. Let’s hope the Irish do the same if there are any proposals to legalise abortion.
Addressing protesters gathered in Warsaw’s Castle Square, Kaczynski said that, “These huge crowds mean strength. They mean that Poland has awakened. More and more Poles will be awakening. The cup of evil has overflowed. We Poles, we Polish patriots say ‘no,’” Reuters reported.
*Participants also expressed anger at a decision by the Polish National Broadcasting Council to strip a Catholic TV station, TV Trwam, of its right to broadcast digitally for free. Protesters claimed the move was a blow to freedom of expression and an attempt to silence their conservative Catholic worldview.
According to an AP report, the broadcasting council claimed the station lost its transmission rights because of a lack of transparency in its funding.
“Our presence here is a sign of opposition to the discrimination against Catholic media and TV Trwam,” leading conservative politician Zbigniew Ziobro told protesters, the AP reported.
The rally was nonviolent, with many protesters singing patriotic and religious songs and holding up rosaries and portraits of the Virgin Mary. Before the protest march, a Catholic Mass was held at Three Crosses Square in downtown Warsaw.*
In addition to being an anti-government march, the march was also against freedom of expression as the government attempt to silence their Catholic worldview. Good on the Poles, one of the most devoted Catholic European countries. Let’s hope the Irish do the same if there are any proposals to legalise abortion.
Addressing protesters gathered in Warsaw’s Castle Square, Kaczynski said that, “These huge crowds mean strength. They mean that Poland has awakened. More and more Poles will be awakening. The cup of evil has overflowed. We Poles, we Polish patriots say ‘no,’” Reuters reported.
*Participants also expressed anger at a decision by the Polish National Broadcasting Council to strip a Catholic TV station, TV Trwam, of its right to broadcast digitally for free. Protesters claimed the move was a blow to freedom of expression and an attempt to silence their conservative Catholic worldview.
According to an AP report, the broadcasting council claimed the station lost its transmission rights because of a lack of transparency in its funding.
“Our presence here is a sign of opposition to the discrimination against Catholic media and TV Trwam,” leading conservative politician Zbigniew Ziobro told protesters, the AP reported.
The rally was nonviolent, with many protesters singing patriotic and religious songs and holding up rosaries and portraits of the Virgin Mary. Before the protest march, a Catholic Mass was held at Three Crosses Square in downtown Warsaw.*
