2020 Polish Protests (other)
2020 Polish protests may refer to: * Rainbow Night in August 2020 * 2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland See also *Polish rule-of-law crisis The Polish constitutional crisis, also known as the Polish rule-of-law crisis, is a political conflict ongoing since 2015 in which the Polish government has been accused of failing to adhere to European and Polish constitutional law. The 2015 ...

Rainbow Night
On 7 August 2020, a protest against the arrest of LGBT activist Margot led to a confrontation with police in central Warsaw, Poland, which resulted in the arrest of 47 others, some of whom were protesting, and others who were bystanders. The event was called – translated as Rainbow Night – and was dubbed "Polish Stonewall" by some outlets, in an analogy to the 1969 Stonewall riots. Declarations of LGBT-free zones in 2019 and 2020 and the 2020 Polish presidential electionwhich saw President Andrzej Duda repeatedly stress his opposition to LGBT rightshave led to protest from LGBT rights activists, who adopted direct action tactics. On 7 August, a court granted a request for Margot's pre-trial detention for two months. She presented herself for arrest while hundreds of sympathizers protested the arrest. The police initially declined to arrest her, but later tried to do so and were physically, but non-violently blocked by activists. The police then arrested 48 people: Ma ...
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2020–2021 Women's Strike Protests In Poland
'') , partof = the Polish constitutional crisis , image = , caption = Clockwise starting from top: protest in Kraków, protest in Bielsko-Biała, protest symbol, protest in Miodowa, protest in Wrocław. , date = 22 October 2020 – 27 January 2021 , place = Poland , coordinates = , causes = The Constitutional Tribunal's decision finding abortion in cases of "disability or incurable illness" to be unconstitutional in the country , goals = * Revocation of the judgement of the Constitutional Tribunal or the removal of most abortion restrictions , methods = Demonstrations, marches, graffiti, leaflet drop, street blockades, street dance protests, strike, vandalism , status = , result = * Popularity of the government temporarily decreased. * The law was not repealed , side1 = Abortion ban proponents: ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- , side2 = Abortion ban opponents: ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- , leadfigures1 = ---- ---- ---- , leadfigures2 = ...
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