The biggest solidarity protest on Saturday was outside the Soviet-era Palace of Culture in Warsaw, where an AFP photographer saw several thousand people -- some holding umbrellas with LGBT flags on them. "We are meeting to protest together against violence and systemic homophobia," the organisers, a coalition of gay rights groups, said in a statement. read one of the placards, while some protesters chanted slogans against the police and others shouted "you'll never walk alone!" LGBT flags on Warsaw monumentsHomophobia is still widespread in the devout Catholic country whose right-wing governing Law and Justice party has repeatedly used anti-gay rhetoric, including in the run-up to last month's presidential election. This week, Polish police charged three people for desecrating statues and hurting religious feelings after campaigners draped several Warsaw monuments, including one of Jesus Christ, with LGBT flags.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 09, 2020 06:55 UTC