Protesters with a banner reading "Women's Strike" taking part in a rally against Polish government plans to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on prevention and combatting of home violence,in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 24, 2020. In the opinion of Poland's right-wing government the convention promotes "gender" ideologies alien to Poland's Catholic tradition.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
July 27, 2020
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July 27, 2020 11:58 a.m.
Poles split over govt plan to exit domestic violence treaty
Poles are bitterly divided over steps being taken by the right-wing government to exit the Istanbul Convention, a European treaty against domestic violence, claiming it promotes gender “ideology” and links violence to religion