Tents spring up in Lisbon as Portugal housing protests spread
Tents spring up in Lisbon as Portugal housing protests spread
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Tents spring up in Lisbon as Portugal housing protests spread
Housing activists occupying Praça D. João I in Porto have resolved to maintain their encampment and formally invite Mayor Pedro Duarte to hold discussions directly in the square. The group insists on formal communications rather than individual contacts, preparing a collective list of municipal demands amid wider national protests over housing affordability.
The protesters also held a one-minute 'cuddled' silence for the right to housing, something that is expected to happen at the end of every popular assembly from now on.
The protesters who have been gathering for several days in Rossio, Lisbon, to demand the right to housing, decided not to spend the night from Thursday to Friday in the square. They also decided to hold a minute of silence while cuddling together.
The encampment for housing in Lisbon will move to Marvila on Friday to participate in a vigil against the eviction of a family.
The Lisbon Camp movement has announced a new protest this weekend against speculation and for the right to housing, which will take place on Saturday at 3 pm.
In recent years, various groups have organised protest camps to demand better conditions, particularly regarding access to housing. Although the PSP recently dismantled camps in Lisbon and Porto, there are other cases where the police chose not to enforce the law regulating public gatherings at night.
In a statement, the movement announced that the demonstration titled “We don't have a home, we're setting up tents” will start at the Marquês de Pombal roundabout and end at Praça do Rossio.
The Lisbon Administrative Court has admitted an injunction filed by a demonstrator from the Lisbon housing protest to protect their rights and liberties, ordering the Ministry of Internal Administration and the Lisbon City Council to respond within 48 hours. The protest, which began at Praça D. Pedro IV, aims to secure the right to demonstrate until November 25th, the date of the final vote on the state budget, while committing to peaceful conduct and unobstructed pedestrian access.
This morning, housing protesters were demonstrating again in Rossio, Lisbon. Early in the morning, they set up tents again, but the police gave instructions for them to be removed. Follow all updates here.
While some disagree with the housing protest, others pass by to praise and support those who have been camping out in Rossio for several days.
Amadeu Guerra states that all solutions are being studied. The hearing for the 55 protesters has been postponed until Tuesday. Additionally, a new increase in petrol and diesel prices is expected.
The Public Prosecution Service will decide on Tuesday whether the housing protesters detained in Lisbon will face summary trial or, should they agree, have their proceedings suspended.
The PSP arrested 55 protesters who allegedly resisted when the security force removed the tents from the Lisbon Encampment.
The police are once again issuing warnings to demonstrators gathered at Rossio square.
The walls of both buildings were graffitied with the phrase “there is no future without houses”. The Mayor has already condemned the acts, which he considered “unacceptable”.
The proposal to dismantle the tents and sleep in the open was the most voted, with 338 votes.
More than a hundred protesters spent the night in the open at Rossio. In the morning, they set up tents, but the PSP has already requested that they be removed. Also, at least nine people have died in Ukraine.
Around a hundred people slept in the open in Rossio. In Porto, the night was marked by the dispersal of protesters. Additionally, the Secretary-General of the PS again requests that the Prime Minister
Participants in the housing protest remain overnight in Lisbon without the use of tents.
Demonstrators advocating for the right to housing intend to remain in the Rossio square throughout the night.
Protesters participating in a housing rights demonstration remain overnight in Lisbon without the use of tents.
Around two hundred people present in Praça da República also voted in favour of holding a camp-in in Braga.
It was a confused vote, but the protesters at Rossio ended up deciding to camp in the square, with no intention of resisting if the authorities demand they leave. It was also approved to hold a new protest this Saturday afternoon in Lisbon.
CGTP states that it is necessary to “raise the level of the struggle,” but does not commit to an Iberian general strike on November 11th requested by the promoters of the housing protest encampment.
The proposal put to a vote at the popular assembly held at Praça D. Pedro IV since 7:30 PM received 190 votes in favour and 270 abstentions.
The decision was made during another popular assembly, which is currently taking place at Rossio Square in Lisbon under police surveillance.
Municipal Police have been called to the scene.
Protests for the right to housing are multiplying across the country. Coimbra, Faro, and Évora also hosted demonstrations.
On the day Luis Neves determined that “the encampments have ended”, protesters filled Rossio once again.