“Criticism aimed at inducing fear in politicians by means of death threats goes freedom of speech,” said a judge.
“Criticism aimed at inducing fear in politicians by means of death threats goes freedom of speech,” said a judge.
A separate nationalist protest against the “Ukrainisation of Poland” in Warsaw drew only a small crowd.
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Two opposition mayors and a party leader had applied for ONR to be delegalised.
Government figures criticised Meta’s decision.
This year’s march was made an official state event by the government for the first time.
One of the march’s organisers also took down an EU flag.
The incident took place at a march organised by the far-right ONR.
The culture ministry’s “Patriotic Fund” has awarded large grants to far-right groups, including the organisers of the Independence March.
But the government has defended the event and blamed “provocateurs” for the clashes.
The march had been banned by the mayor of Warsaw.
“If necessary, we will crush them to dust and destroy this revolution,” says a far-right leader.
Wrocław’s far-right Independence March was called off due to antisemitic slogans and flares, but participants refused to disperse.