Police dismantle housing camps in Portugal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
Portuguese police dismantled housing rights activists’ camps in Lisbon and Porto on Tuesday, arresting several people in the capital. Clashes left around 30 people injured and detained, according to movement spokespeople; about 100 activists decided to continue their protest, L’essentiel reports.
Portuguese police dismantled camps set up by housing rights activists in Lisbon and Porto at dawn on Tuesday. Several people were arrested in the capital, according to Swiss media outlet L’essentiel.
In Lisbon, the occupants of Rossio Square formed a human chain to delay the operation. Clashes then broke out between protesters and police, according to footage broadcast. The previous day, activists had announced they intended to keep their camp, as reported in an article about their mobilisation in Lisbon.
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