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The Lisbon City Council has expressed deep concern following revelations that a neo-Nazi group, led by a PSP officer seconded to the Municipal Police, allegedly accessed the personal data of elected officials and plotted attacks against government figures.
Seguro says he is aiming to finish first in the first round to prevent the so-called 'extremist' candidate, notably André Ventura, from reaching the run-off. He has raised his target from simply qualifying for the second round to topping it, reframing the race as a showdown between 'democrats' and 'extremism' and attempting to reshape voter choice. The move comes as a PS‑backed candidate also appears well placed to contest the presidency, increasing the strategic importance of securing first place in round one.
The magistrate suspects that the 33 neo-Nazis detained by the PJ (Portugal's Criminal Police) “will not abandon that same ideology.” A PSP officer from the group was ultimately not charged with a hate crime, unlike an Air Force serviceman. Mário Machado's lawyer has backtracked and will not request the judge's recusal.
One of the side effects of society's prolonged exposure to extremist phenomena is normalisation. After a while nothing shocks us any more; everything becomes relative and there is always a good explanation, a context, some event in history that helps frame what is happening today. As if the world, after all, neither leapt nor progressed, but were condemned to a kind of perpetual sentence — that of moral misery.
Commentary from Gustavo Silva, a lawyer and former inspector of the Judicial Police, on the case of the neo‑Nazi group 1143, dismantled on Tuesday by the PJ. Five of the 37 alleged members will await trial in pre‑trial detention.
Experts warn that the growing acceptance of exclusionary language and rhetoric targeting minorities or outsiders will influence extremist movements’ development, recruitment and visibility in the coming five to ten years.
The leader of Chega could not even say, 'I do not like the ideas of 1143.' The tally from the start of the interview on RTP: 12 silences and one lie. Opinion piece by Bárbara Reis.
The 37 people detained by the Judicial Police in connection with Operation Brotherhood, which targeted a group with neo‑Nazi ideology, will be presented to the judge this Wednesday.
Neo-Nazi organisation was preparing, for February, to disseminate videos and giant posters containing defamatory language against the Prophet Muhammad. The aim was to provoke negative and even violent reactions from the Muslim community. Activists and former activists of Chega are among those detained.
Hate crimes have been increasing in Portugal, and the justice system has taken a tougher line, often opting for pre-trial detention as a coercive measure. On Expresso da Manhã, Paulo Baldaia speaks with journalist Hugo Franco.
The case of Mário Machado reflects a society where hatred is gaining ground.
According to the Judicial Police (PJ), those arrested were spreading a neo‑Nazi ideology 'inherent to National Socialist culture and to a radical and violent far right', and acted out of racist and xenophobic motives.
Group 1143 was created by 14 young people 25 years ago. It is a neo-Nazi, ultranationalist movement that opposes immigrants in Portugal and maintains that the country is only for Portuguese people.
According to the PJ (Judiciary Police), the detainees include suspects with extensive criminal records and links to international hate groups. Mário Machado, a well-known neo-Nazi who is serving a sentence for similar crimes, is considered the leader of this group — he gives instructions from prison. Among those arrested are individuals linked to Group 1143, a radical faction of the Juventude Leonina supporters' group.
A senior reporter for CM and CMTV explains the Judicial Police’s major operation against extremist group 1143, which was led by Mário Machado.
The attack is one of the incidents targeted in the PJ's large-scale operation to dismantle the extremist group that was led by Mário Machado.
The Judiciary Police (PJ) is carrying out a large-scale operation in several locations across the country targeting Group 1143, led by Mário Machado, who is currently in prison.
Mário Machado, a neo-Nazi serving a prison sentence, will be the leader of this group.
Mário Machado, a well-known neo‑Nazi who is serving a sentence for crimes of the same nature, is considered the leader of this group.
The candidate no longer wants merely to make it into the second round; he is trying to turn this campaign into a battle between himself and André Ventura — 'democrats' versus 'extremism'.
Hugo Silva, chief inspector of the Judiciary Police, describes the process of radicalisation among young people in Portugal.
Real footage taken from Judicial Police investigations shows the consequences of extremism.
Real footage taken from investigations by the Judicial Police shows the consequences of extremism.
A court has granted an additional six months for the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) and the Judicial Police (PJ) to investigate the international ramifications of the Movimento Armilar Lusitano. The neo‑Nazi group has four members in pre‑trial detention.
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