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The 33-year-old defendant is in pre-trial detention.
The Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, admits that “the risk of radicalisation is increasing”. “I have been the person who for the most years and in a vehement way [has] said that hate crimes cannot be the human matrix in which we are raised. And that human matrix of respect must...
One of the 311 hate crime investigations opened in 2025 resulted in a charge this year. Charges are rising, but still account for about 2.3% of cases. This Saturday is the day against racism.
The movement, which is under investigation for hate crimes, scheduled a conference at the NH Collection Porto Batalha with an agenda against feminism and in favour of the forced, mass deportation of immigrants. The hotel states it will prevent the event from taking place.
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.
Assaults in Aveiras against Indian citizens were recorded by cameras. Members are said to have staged animal-aid activities to appear to be of a different character, but Mário Machado insisted on a militia.
The agency is calling for greater involvement from the whole community to encourage victims to report crimes. It also warns that recorded crimes may not reflect the actual figures.
The young actor revealed episodes of bullying, verbal abuse and physical assaults motivated by his sexual orientation.
A court concluded that publicly declaring the slogan 'we want Islam out of Europe' in the context of Group 1143's actions constitutes a hate crime.
The suspects are charged with a range of crimes, including discrimination and incitement to violence and hatred.
Five alleged members of neo-Nazi group 1143 are being held in pre-trial detention and another 32 were released, although 29 of them must report weekly to the police station. Among those detained are individuals who assaulted two immigrants at the Aveiras service station in October.
“There is a history of serious criminal conduct and an escalation, in this latest period, of offences that incite hatred,” the judge observed.
Mário Machado has been sentenced to 30 years after being convicted of offences including torture, kidnapping, hate crimes and serious acts of violence.
The Judiciary Police has in its possession information indicating that the neo‑Nazi group 1143 was preparing to try to provoke a race war. On Expresso da Manhã, Paulo Baldaia speaks with the journalists who reported this story in Expresso, Hugo Franco and Rui Gustavo.
The Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) alleges that the neo‑Nazi group 1143, dismantled on Tuesday by the Judiciary Police (PJ), was preparing actions containing insults to the Prophet Muhammad to provoke negative reactions from the Muslim community. In the indictment order for the 37 detainees, to which Lusa had access today, the MP maintains that, ...
The Government emphasised today, in connection with the arrests linked to the neo-Nazi group 1143, that “there is no place in Portuguese society for anger, violence and conspiracy to take the law into their own hands.”
The Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) alleges that the neo-Nazi group 1143, dismantled on Tuesday by the Judicial Police (PJ), was preparing actions that insulted the Prophet Muhammad in order to provoke negative reactions from the Muslim community.
The suspects are indicted for crimes of discrimination and incitement to hatred and violence in incidents targeting foreigners.
Yesterday’s swoop by the counter-terrorism unit of Portugal’s PJ judicial police was apparently focused on foiling a concerted attack on the country’s Islamic community. Tabloid Correio da Manhã suggests the The post PJ swoop on Neo-Nazis foiled “major attack on Islamic community” appeared first on Portugal Resident.
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.
Diário de Notícias writes that an operation by the PJ (Judiciary Police) dismantled plans for a 'racial war'. El País reports a new railway accident in Spain has left one person dead and 40 injured.
The leader of group 1143 gave orders and wanted to expel the Muslim community. The Judicial Police carried out 37 arrests. A PSP officer and an Air Force serviceman were among the suspects.
The Judicial Police's Counter-Terrorism Unit carried out a large-scale operation to dismantle a far-right criminal organisation linked to acts of discrimination and incitement to hatred. Jorge Silva Carvalho, an expert in intelligence and defence matters, analyses what lies behind it.
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.
The offences under investigation include discrimination, incitement to hatred and violence, criminal association, threats to commit the crime of aggravated bodily harm, and financing of a criminal association.
The Counter-Terrorism Unit of the Judiciary Police carried out a major operation to dismantle a far-right criminal association linked to acts of discrimination and incitement to hatred. Jorge Silva Carvalho, an expert in intelligence and defence affairs, analyses what lies behind it.
The Judicial Police (PJ) does not confirm professions, but the Public Security Police (PSP) issued a statement confirming the detention of a police officer from the Setúbal command. Since 2019, hate crimes have risen sevenfold.
The Judicial Police's Counter-Terrorism Unit is carrying out a major operation to dismantle a far-right criminal organisation linked to acts of discrimination and incitement to hatred. Henrique Machado, CNN Portugal's Society editor, analyses what lies behind it.
