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Half a million Poles join Warsaw anti-government protest, organizers say

By AFP 4 June 2023, 4:24 pm 1 Edit

Poles attend an anti-government demonstration organized by the opposition in Warsaw on June 4, 2023. (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)

Poles attend an anti-government demonstration organized by the opposition in Warsaw on June 4, 2023. (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)

Half a million Poles are protesting against the nationalist-populist government in Warsaw, organizers say, in one of the country’s largest demonstrations since the fall of communism in 1989.

Jan Grabiec, a spokesman for the organizers, tells AFP the city authorities estimate participation at 500,000, a few months ahead of legislative elections.