Young people take part in a massive protest against Poland's conservative government. Photo / AP
Demonstrators have held anti-government protests across Poland for the 10th straight day in response to the tightening of one of Europe's strictest abortion laws.
The latest protests showed the determination and discontent of thousands of Poles after five years under the right-wing government of the ruling Law and Justice party.
Demonstrators have assembled every day since the country's constitutional court ruled on October 22 to outlaw the abortion of foetuses with congenital defects.
Warsaw police said 37 people were detained during a Friday protest that city authorities estimated at about 100,000 participants, at a time when anti-Covid-19 regulations ban gatherings larger than five. Poland reported a new daily record of almost 21,900 new confirmed cases.
