Police carried away protesters blocking a street in the city of Warsaw, Poland, on Monday (November 9) during a demonstration against the country's abortion law.

Footage shows hundreds of protesters in the centre of Warsaw shouting, chanting, and setting off red flares.

These countrywide anti-government protests were triggered by the nation’s decision to tighten Poland’s abortion laws, which were already some of the strictest in Europe.

Police carried off protesters blocking a street in Poland's capital Monday, the 19th straight day of nationwide anti-government protests that were triggered by the tightening of the predominantly Roman Catholic nation’s abortion law. The protesters were sitting down in the street in Warsaw in front of the Education Ministry to demand the firing of the new minister who has made some statements on education and human rights that have angered many people. A few hundred protesters then marched in downtown Warsaw to drumming, blocking streets, and chanted that the right-wing government's policies have made them very angry. More protests were also held in some other cities, like Katowice or Bialystok, with participants demanding abortion rights for women and for the government to go.