Court Backs Protesters Following Rossio Camp: Major Housing Marches Confirmed for Saturday

Housing rights activists who spent the night camping in central Lisbon's Rossio square dismantled their encampment this morning after securing a favorable court injunction upholding their constitutional right to protest. Protesters announced unified, large-scale rallies scheduled for Saturday across both Lisbon and Porto to demand emergency government intervention against surging rent prices.

The civic movement 'Acampada de Lisboa' had lodged an urgent petition before the Lisbon Administrative Court seeking legal protection against coercive police eviction. The court admitted the subpoena for the protection of constitutional rights, freedoms, and guarantees, strictly upholding the peaceful right of assembly.

Following this ruling and the release of participants detained the previous evening, activists held a general assembly and voted to lift the camp in order to mobilize thousands of citizens for Saturday's central marches.

Organizers from multiple housing collectives confirmed that demonstrators will march down Alameda and Rossio in Lisbon, alongside a major gathering at Avenida dos Aliados in Porto on Saturday afternoon.

Key demands center on immediate rent freezes, emergency moratoria on evictions, and accelerated handover of state-backed affordable residences to counter worsening social exclusion.