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Climáximo Paints the Thales Facade Red in Paço de Arcos on Monday Morning — Climate Collective Writes 'Genocida' Across the Defence Group's Portuguese Headquarters and Sets 15 May for a São Bento Concentration

Climáximo Paints the Thales Facade Red in Paço de Arcos on Monday Morning — Climate Collective Writes 'Genocida' Across the Defence Group's Portuguese Headquarters and Sets 15 May for a São Bento Concentration

Climáximo activists painted the facade of Thales in Paço de Arcos red on the morning of 11 May 2026, writing 'genocida' across the entrance to the French defence group's Portuguese headquarters and calling a 15 May concentration in front of São Bento.
The Portugal Brief
DIAP Lisboa Brings the Rato Torture Tally to 24 PSP Detainees as Two Chiefs and 13 Agents Are Held — Ten Months After the First July 2025 Operation, the Bairro Alto File Now Includes Crimes-of-Omission Charges Against Witnessing Officers

DIAP Lisboa Brings the Rato Torture Tally to 24 PSP Detainees as Two Chiefs and 13 Agents Are Held — Ten Months After the First July 2025 Operation, the Bairro Alto File Now Includes Crimes-of-Omission Charges Against Witnessing Officers

Tuesday's third operation in the Rato/Bairro Alto torture file added 15 PSP officers and one civilian to the detainee list, taking the running total to 24 and pulling two chefes inside the perimeter. The new charges include omission — agents who watched and did nothing.
The Portugal Brief
MAI Suspends 11 Beja Police Officers Implicated in Operação Safra Justa Six Months After the November 2025 PJ Raid — 10 GNR Plus 1 PSP, the 500-Migrant Cabeça Gorda Network and the Disciplinary Channel Finally Catches Up With the Criminal Channel

MAI Suspends 11 Beja Police Officers Implicated in Operação Safra Justa Six Months After the November 2025 PJ Raid — 10 GNR Plus 1 PSP, the 500-Migrant Cabeça Gorda Network and the Disciplinary Channel Finally Catches Up With the Criminal Channel

MAI confirmed on Tuesday it has suspended 10 GNR militares and 1 PSP agent — all from Beja — implicated in Operação Safra Justa, the November 2025 PJ-led human-trafficking case targeting a Cabeça Gorda network that controlled 500 foreign agricultural workers in the Alentejo since 2023.
The Portugal Brief