{"id":2231547,"date":"2026-11-01T11:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T08:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2231547"},"modified":"2026-11-01T11:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T08:20:40","slug":"clashes-broke-out-in-portugal-as-police-stormed-housing-protest-camps-in-lisbon-and-porto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2231547","title":{"rendered":"Clashes broke out in Portugal as police stormed housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Protests over soaring housing costs have intensified in Portugal in recent weeksImage: Filipe Amorim\/AFP<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Police on Sunday cleared out protest camps in Portugal<\/a>‘s capital, Lisbon<\/a>, and Porto after thousands of housing protesters marched against a rental bill.<\/p>\n

Around 4:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT), \u200cdozens of officers moved in to dismantle\u00a0camps in Lisbon’s Rossio Square and Porto’s Dom Joao I Square, where participants had set up tents following peaceful marches against soaring housing costs on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Police used shields and batons to disperse protesters, and said some of the demonstrators threw bottles and paint at officers as they stormed the camps.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Dozens were reportedly injured after riot police clashed with housing protestersImage: Filipe Amorim\/AFP<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Police arrest 13 in Lisbon, Porto<\/h2>\n

Six people were arrested in Lisbon and seven in Porto for refusing orders to disperse, according to a police statement. It said 13 police were injured as they tried to take down the camps, with eight taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

The statement also said an unspecified number of civilians were also injured.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one of the lawyers representing those detained in Porto said the police response was disproportionate, arguing that both the size of the operation and the actions were excessive.<\/p>\n

Activist group Acampada Lisboa said more than 30 protesters were injured, including 10 who required hospital treatment.<\/p>\n

It called a fresh rally against the police operation in the capital on Sunday afternoon. “We will not be silenced,” the group said in a statement posted on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Portugal’s housing crisis<\/h2>\n

Hours before the eviction, more than 1,000 people marched through central Lisbon to protest against Portugal’s deepening housing crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators are calling for the country’s minority center-right government<\/a> to scrap plans that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases.<\/p>\n

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has ruled out withdrawing the bill, though he has acknowledged that modifications could be made before the final vote.<\/p>\n

Portugal is facing one of Europe’s most severe housing crises<\/a>, with house prices more than doubling\u00a0since 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Police on Sunday cleared out protest camps in Portugal<\/a>‘s capital, Lisbon<\/a>, and Porto after thousands of housing protesters marched against a rental bill.<\/p>\n

Around 4:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT), \u200cdozens of officers moved in to dismantle\u00a0camps in Lisbon’s Rossio Square and Porto’s Dom Joao I Square, where participants had set up tents following peaceful marches against soaring housing costs on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Police used shields and batons to disperse protesters, and said some of the demonstrators threw bottles and paint at officers as they stormed the camps.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Dozens were reportedly injured after riot police clashed with housing protestersImage: Filipe Amorim\/AFP<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Police arrest 13 in Lisbon, Porto<\/h2>\n

Six people were arrested in Lisbon and seven in Porto for refusing orders to disperse, according to a police statement. It said 13 police were injured as they tried to take down the camps, with eight taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

The statement also said an unspecified number of civilians were also injured.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one of the lawyers representing those detained in Porto said the police response was disproportionate, arguing that both the size of the operation and the actions were excessive.<\/p>\n

Activist group Acampada Lisboa said more than 30 protesters were injured, including 10 who required hospital treatment.<\/p>\n

It called a fresh rally against the police operation in the capital on Sunday afternoon. “We will not be silenced,” the group said in a statement posted on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Portugal’s housing crisis<\/h2>\n

Hours before the eviction, more than 1,000 people marched through central Lisbon to protest against Portugal’s deepening housing crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators are calling for the country’s minority center-right government<\/a> to scrap plans that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases.<\/p>\n

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has ruled out withdrawing the bill, though he has acknowledged that modifications could be made before the final vote.<\/p>\n

Portugal is facing one of Europe’s most severe housing crises<\/a>, with house prices more than doubling\u00a0since 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Police on Sunday cleared out protest camps in Portugal<\/a>‘s capital, Lisbon<\/a>, and Porto after thousands of housing protesters marched against a rental bill.<\/p>\n

Around 4:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT), \u200cdozens of officers moved in to dismantle\u00a0camps in Lisbon’s Rossio Square and Porto’s Dom Joao I Square, where participants had set up tents following peaceful marches against soaring housing costs on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Police used shields and batons to disperse protesters, and said some of the demonstrators threw bottles and paint at officers as they stormed the camps.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Six people were arrested in Lisbon and seven in Porto for refusing orders to disperse, according to a police statement. It said 13 police were injured as they tried to take down the camps, with eight taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

The statement also said an unspecified number of civilians were also injured.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one of the lawyers representing those detained in Porto said the police response was disproportionate, arguing that both the size of the operation and the actions were excessive.<\/p>\n

Activist group Acampada Lisboa said more than 30 protesters were injured, including 10 who required hospital treatment.<\/p>\n

It called a fresh rally against the police operation in the capital on Sunday afternoon. “We will not be silenced,” the group said in a statement posted on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hours before the eviction, more than 1,000 people marched through central Lisbon to protest against Portugal’s deepening housing crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators are calling for the country’s minority center-right government<\/a> to scrap plans that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases.<\/p>\n

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has ruled out withdrawing the bill, though he has acknowledged that modifications could be made before the final vote.<\/p>\n

Portugal is facing one of Europe’s most severe housing crises<\/a>, with house prices more than doubling\u00a0since 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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