Police detain 3 protesters during rally as Polish president backs suspended judge

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WARSAW, Poland -- Anti-government protesters rallied overnight around a top court in Poland to denounce the suspension of the tribunal's president for which they blame the country's pro-European government. Police said they detained three protesters after some threw objects at the officers and tried to break through the security fence around the court.Meanwhile, Polish President Karol Nawrocki — who opposes the pro-European government — turned back his plane during a flight to Senegal on Friday evening and returned home over the situation. “At ​a moment like this, the ​President must be in Poland. I ⁠am cutting short my flight ​to Senegal. I am returning,” he ​wrote on X.After returning to Poland, Nawrocki made his way to the Constitutional Tribunal despite the chaos and said he helped the suspended court president to also enter the building. On Saturday morning, Nawrocki said a “breach of Poland’s constitutional order” had taken place and called parliamentary group heads for an urgent meeting Saturday on "stabilizing the political situation.”The protests over the long embattled Constitutional Tribunal are likely to sharpen the contention between Poland's pro-European government an...

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