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Riot police deployed to Poland’s constitutional court after judge suspended
<p>President Karol Nawrocki seen struggling to gain entry to court building in Warsaw amid long-running row over the court’s legitimacy</p><p>Riot police were locked in a tense standoff with protesters outside Poland’s constitutional court on Friday night after its top judge was suspended in the latest escalation in a decade-long dispute over the court’s legal status.</p><p>The clashes followed a controversial decision by a group of government-appointed judges to suspend the court’s contested president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and his deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański, amid disagreements over the bench’s legitimacy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/31/riot-police-deployed-to-polands-constitutional-court-after-judge-suspended">Continue reading...</a>
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