Lisbon · Porto · October 2026
A Carga
"A carga" means "the charge". In ten days, riot police charged three times on people camping peacefully for the right to housing. This site brings together everything that happened, why it is unlawful, why it is unjust, and what you can do.
- 3charges
- 86arrested
- 90+injured
01
What happened
27 videos from people who were there, night by night.
Watch the videos → 02An unlawful charge
A 1974 decree against the 1976 Constitution.
Read why → 03An unjust charge
The OECD's biggest rise in housing costs, and peaceful protests.
See the numbers → 04What to do
Protests, letters, complaints and petitions.
What to do →27Oct · Tue
Next protest: Everyone to Parliament
6:30 pm · Assembleia da República, Lisbon · See all protests
14Nov · Sat
Next protest: Casa para Viver national demonstration
3 pm · Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and other cities · See where
Three videos to start with
What the cameras saw
