Dozens Reportedly Injured in Portugal Housing Protest Crackdown
- On Thursday, the Public Security Police cleared housing protesters from a square in Porto, resulting in 37 injuries including two fractures. The operation followed demonstrators' decision to pitch tents overnight.
- After pitching tents on Wednesday, The Housing Movement faced opposition from Porto officials who stated the location is not a campsite and prohibited the structures, citing regulations against demonstrations continuing past 12:30 am.
- According to Pedro Manuel, the operation was "criminal" and police were "harassing protesters with brutality," though the Porto Metropolitan Command confirmed to Euronews that "a more forceful intervention was necessary."
- Representative Leonor Figueiredo insisted that protesters had been at the site "peacefully," while The Housing Movement condemned the intervention as "disproportionate and unjustified." Police confirmed the protest has been fully dispersed, stating that "nothing further remains."
- Regarding the legal limits of public assembly, protesters claim the demonstration was "authorised until the 20th," but Pedro Duarte noted that the right to demonstrate cannot interfere with general city freedom.
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Police clashed with protesters in Portugal. Police attempted to disperse a camp of citizens protesting the housing crisis. At least 35 people were injured. The post Portugal: Dozens injured in police operation against protesters over the housing crisis appeared first on in.gr.
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