# Riot police contain protesters outside Poland’s constitutional court

https://mins.news/en/video/123811

- Guardian News, 2026-10-31 15:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0r97ygNPs

> Riot police confronted demonstrators outside Poland’s constitutional court after government-appointed judges voted to suspend its disputed president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański. The decision marks a further escalation in a decade-long dispute over the court’s legal status.

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