Equality parade marches through Warsaw

The parade was aimed to raise awareness of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Poland.

According to the organisers of this year's parade – held for the 17th time – some 50,000 people took part.

Meanwhile, police said some 13,000 people marched the streets of Warsaw, walking along Jerusalem Avenue in the city centre and ending at the temporary “Equality village”, set up on Zawiszy Square.

Dozens of organisations took part in the parade. These included the left-wing Razem party, the Polish Green Party, Amnesty International and search giant Google.

The participants flew rainbow-coloured flags and flags of the European Union.

In May, a study by ILGA-Europe, an organisation campaigning for political, legal and social change to the treatment of LGBTQ people, gave Poland 18 out of a possible 100 points, putting it just one spot ahead of equal-last placed Latvia and Lithuania in terms of rights of sexual minorities. (rg/di)