Police disperse Lisbon housing protest camp in Mouraria

Police dispersed the Acampada de Lisboa protest camp in Lisbon's Mouraria district around 3:30 a.m. after surrounding demonstrators at Praça da Figueira, with organizers reporting "many" injured and detained without specifying numbers. The intervention followed over two hours of tension after PSP police requested protesters remove tents from Rossio square. Police advanced at 2:00 a.m., pushing crowds toward Praça da Figueira, with reports of baton strikes and firecrackers. A police cordon remained on Rua da Palma, and Rossio was cleared by 3:40 a.m. The protests demand housing crisis measures including reversing rental laws, ending evictions without alternatives, and blocking property fund purchases. Similar actions began in Porto on October 10 and spread to other cities following parliamentary approval of a new rental law.