(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, FEB 11 - One of the organisers behind
mass protests against a tightening of abortion laws in Poland
has been charged and faces up to eight years in prison, the
prosecutor's office said Thursday. Marta Lempart has been
charged with organising demonstrations in breach of coronavirus
restrictions, insulting the police and voicing support for
attacks on churches, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office
said. "She faces up to eight years in prison," Aleksandra
Skrzyniarz told AFP. Lempart has pleaded not guilty to the
charges and has refused to testify. She is one of the organisers
behind the Women's Strike movement, which has coordinated
nationwide demonstrations over reproductive rights that have
become anti-government protests. The demonstrations began after
the Constitutional Court in October issued a ruling imposing a
near-total ban on abortions, except in cases of rape and incest
and when the mother's health is considered to be in danger. A
new wave of protests started last month when the ruling was
published, giving it legal force. (ANSA-AFP).
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