Protesters arrested in Lisbon begin to be released

A25 people arrested earlier today in Lisbon after police intervention in Rossio Square began to be released this morning, having to come to court on Monday.

The police today dispersed, at batonada, the demonstrations for the right to housing, in two actions simultaneously in Lisbon and Porto, after more than two hours of tension and unaccepted dispersion orders, to remove the tents mounted by protesters by the right to housing

The orders of the PSP, in Rossio, in Lisbon, and in Praça D. João I, in Porto, began at 00:30, an hour at which, according to the police, the concentrations should have ended, but the intervention of the Special Police Unit only happened about 02:00 (hour after the change to the winter time).

According to the PSP, there are seven wounded and 31 detained for disobedience, however, in a statement published on social networks, the Lisbon Camp, states that the assistance of dozens of wounded.

“ Early today, October 25, dozens of protesters were brutally assaulted by the intervention police. Of these, more than 20 went to the Hospital of São José and many others were assisted on site by the care team of the Campada ", reads in the post of Instagram.

To the 32-year-old CMTV channel, Filipe, one of the people arrested and the first to leave the police station on Rua da Palma, Lisbon, explained that “he was in the wrong place at the wrong time” when he was arrested by the police.

“I got caught in the middle. I went ‘ship’ because I was with friends talking at the fountain between the police and the protesters who were camped, we were no longer at the protest. We participated in the demonstration since Marques de Pombal, but we were just talking among friends”, he said.

Philip added, although not aware of the hours, that he was “close to six hours detained” and that he left with an indication to report on Monday at 13:30 to the Court.