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Justice Minister Rita Alarcão Júdice Pledges 'Tolerância Zero' on Prison Deaths After Families Hand In a 15 May Letter — DGRSP Logged 64 In-Custody Deaths Across 2025 With 14 Suicides as Sobrelotação Returns at 12,981 Reclusos

Justice Minister Rita Alarcão Júdice Pledges 'Tolerância Zero' on Prison Deaths After Families Hand In a 15 May Letter — DGRSP Logged 64 In-Custody Deaths Across 2025 With 14 Suicides as Sobrelotação Returns at 12,981 Reclusos

On Friday 15 May, families of prisoners who died in custody handed Rita Alarcão Júdice a five-demand letter. The minister pledged 'tolerância zero' for deaths unrelated to illness. DGRSP logged 64 in-custody deaths in 2025 with 14 suicides as overcrowding returned at 12,981 reclusos.
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Portuguese Câmaras Split on 17 May Pride Flag — Porto, Coimbra, Almada, Seixal, Santarém and Funchal Mark IDAHOBIT With the Rainbow Hoist While Lisbon's Right-Wing Majority Keeps the Symbol Off the Paços do Concelho

Portuguese Câmaras Split on 17 May Pride Flag — Porto, Coimbra, Almada, Seixal, Santarém and Funchal Mark IDAHOBIT With the Rainbow Hoist While Lisbon's Right-Wing Majority Keeps the Symbol Off the Paços do Concelho

Six Portuguese câmaras mark 17 May IDAHOBIT with a rainbow flag-raising on Sunday — Porto leads at 17:00 on Praça Humberto Delgado. Lisbon's PSD-CDS-IL-Chega majority blocked a Bloco proposal on 6 May. Activists gather at the Câmara at 11:00.
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Rangel Contradicts Marco Rubio's Fox News 'Said Yes Before We Asked' Praise on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica — MNE Says Pedido Landed After the 28 February Iran Strikes, PS Calls It 'Humilhação à Escala Planetária' and PCP Files CPI on Friday 15 May

Rangel Contradicts Marco Rubio's Fox News 'Said Yes Before We Asked' Praise on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica — MNE Says Pedido Landed After the 28 February Iran Strikes, PS Calls It 'Humilhação à Escala Planetária' and PCP Files CPI on Friday 15 May

Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel rejects Marco Rubio's Fox News claim that Portugal 'said yes before we even asked' on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica. MNE says the formal pedido for equipment transit, including MQ-9 Reapers, only arrived after the 28 February strikes on Iran began.
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Cabinet Files the Final Trabalho XXI Text in the Assembleia After 50 Amendments — Fixed-Term Cap Restored to Three Years, Individual Hour Bank Returns at 50 Hours a Week, Father's Birth Leave Doubles to 14 Days, Parental Subsidy Splits at 90% and 100%

Cabinet Files the Final Trabalho XXI Text in the Assembleia After 50 Amendments — Fixed-Term Cap Restored to Three Years, Individual Hour Bank Returns at 50 Hours a Week, Father's Birth Leave Doubles to 14 Days, Parental Subsidy Splits at 90% and 100%

Cabinet sent the Trabalho XXI labour-reform proposal to parliament on Thursday with 50+ amendments to the August draft, 12 sourced from UGT. Fixed-term cap restored to three years, hour bank reinstated at 50 hours a week, father's birth leave doubles to 14 days, parental subsidy splits at 90/100%.
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