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Open Letter defending right to demonstrate delivered to the President

Over 1,000 legal professionals signed an open letter to the President regarding the police's recent use of force against housing protesters. Demonstrators remain in protest camps in Porto and Lisbon, demanding an end to evictions without alternative housing, rent caps, and a revision of the government's proposed rental law reforms.

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While this is a political and civil rights protest, it highlights ongoing housing-policy tensions that could lead to shifts in law or further public service disruptions if tensions between protesters and authorities escalate.

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