Protesters who gathered in several cities on Sunday urged Poland's president to veto a media law they and other critics say aims to limit media freedoms in the European Union's largest eastern member.
Unexpectedly rushed through parliament on Friday, the legislation would tighten rules around foreign ownership of media, specifically affecting the ability of news channel TVN24, owned by U.S. media company Discovery IncThe bill, which has yet to be signed into law by President Andrzej Duda, has soured relations between NATO-member state Poland and the United States.
Pictures from Klich's Twitter account showed demonstrators brandishing placards with slogans including "Free People, Free Media" and "Poland For All". Smaller protests were held in several other towns, with larger protests, including one outside the presidential palace in Warsaw, scheduled for 1800 GMT.
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