PSP ‘torture duo’ may just be tip of ugly iceberg
News this week that two young PSP police agents are in preventive custody charged with a range of hideous offences against vulnerable people (the homeless/ drug addicts and immigrants) may The post PSP ‘torture duo’ may just be tip of ugly iceberg appeared first on Portugal Resident.
17:00 - Custodial sentence for exploitation of immigrants in the Alentejo
A court has handed down a custodial prison sentence for those convicted of exploiting immigrants in the Alentejo region of Portugal.
'An Enemy of the People': theatre play inspired by the operation on Rua do Benformoso
The image of dozens of immigrants pressed against a wall on Rua do Benformoso in Lisbon inspired stage director Marco Martins to create the play 'An Enemy of the People'.
Police have already identified 60 immigrants enslaved by the network of officers
Around a hundred immigrants from East Timor were lured with promises of work. Victims lived in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in the area of Cabeça Gorda, in Beja.
The Ideal Climate Against Immigrants
It is the silence of those with a voice in the public sphere that makes immigrants targets of abuse, dehumanising them. This is how the increase in crimes against immigrants is understood. Opinion by Sedrick de Carvalho
Police cited in immigrant slavery probe to face disciplinary procedures
In a clear indication that ‘allegations’ are being taken seriously, the Minister of Internal Administration has today instructed the IGAI (the General Inspectorate of Internal Administration) to open disciplinary proceedings The post Police cited in immigrant slavery probe to face disciplinary procedures appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Police enslaving immigrants, a judge overseeing the NHS, and Ventura leading polls unmonitored
Suspicions of police exploitation of immigrants, the entry of judge Carlos Alexandre into the NHS, and the potential favoritism of Ventura in the presidential elections are discussed on Eixo do Mal, with Clara Ferreira Alves, Daniel Oliveira, Luís Pedro Nunes, and Pedro Marques Lopes.
"Was this why they abolished the SEF?" says former SEF association about criminal scheme against immigrants
The association of former SEF (Foreigners and Borders Service) officials questions the decision to dissolve the agency in light of a criminal scheme targeting immigrants.
