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Top Polish judge defies 'purge', Walesa joins protests

Malgorzata Gersdorf has branded the reforms a "purge". [AFP]

Poland's disputed top judge showed up at work on Wednesday in defiance of a controversial retirement law that the EU has criticised as a threat to the country's judicial independence.

Chanting "Free courts!", "Constitution!" and "Irremovable!" several thousand supporters greeted Supreme Court chief justice Malgorzata Gersdorf as she made her way into the Supreme Court building in central Warsaw.

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