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Anti-government protesters gather in Warsaw, Poland, to mark the anniversary of the communist-era martial law crackdown. IMAGES
Uganda's Constitutional Court rejects a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. "We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement," Justice Richard Buteera, Uganda's deputy chief justice and head of the court, says in the landmark ruling. IMAGES
During a press conference with Belgian PM Alexander de Croo and Polish Pm Donald Tusk, EU chief, Ursula Von der Leyen, announces that aid for Poland frozen over rule-of-law row has now been unblocked. SOUNDBITE
Polish President Andrzej Duda takes part in a ceremony in Warsaw to relight the Hannukah menorah in the parliament lobby that was extinguished on Tuesday by far-right lawmaker Grzegorz Braun. The stunt was condemned by all parties except for the Confederation, to which Braun belongs. IMAGES
Polish ultra far-right MP Grzegorz Braun is expelled from the chamber for using a fire extinguisher to put out a Hanukkah menorah, a nine-branched candelabra, placed in the lobby of the Polish Parliament. "This should have never happened," Szymon Holownia later told reporters after he ordered Braun to leave the plenary, adding that he would call for an investigation into the incident. IMAGES
Images of Poland's nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, gathering in Warsaw as they are expected to loose the majority in the country's parliamentary elections. The opposition party Civic Coalition (liberal), along with the Third Way and Left parties are tipped to win 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of parliament, according to an exit poll. IMAGES