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The two police officers, barely 20 years old and in preventive detention after being arrested last July, are accused of torture, acts of cruelty and abuse of power, according to the indictment signed last week by the Lisbon prosecutor, Felismina Franco. One of the agents also faces charges of rape, theft and forgery.
According to SIC Notícias, the letter ensures that the two police officers recorded and photographed the alleged harassment of their victimss, among which there were punches, slaps, blows to the head and even sodomization, which they then shared in a WhatsApp group with other agents.
The document also describes the brutal beating that they gave to a detainee, a moroccan immigrant. After beating him for hours in a police station, they forced the victim to kiss their boots while one shouted in English: “Welcome to Portugal!”
“Las Victims were systematically selected from among especially vulnerable people, that is, homeless people, physically weak and with economic difficulties,” denounces the prosecutor.
“This circumstance reveals acts of pure and gratuitous violence directed against those who could not offer resistance”.
According to SIC Notícias, the letter ensures that the two police officers recorded and photographed the alleged harassment of their victimss, among which there were punches, slaps, blows to the head and even sodomization, which they then shared in a WhatsApp group with other agents.
The Ministry of the Interior told Reuters that “deeply regrets such behavior and all actions that violate citizen rights... that do not represent the general behavior of police professionals.”
The General Inspectorate has opened a separate investigation to investigate other police officers with whom the two detainees exchanged images in a chat.
Amnesty International reports that it has received information about more cases of torture.
The NGO emphasizes that the fact that the agents have shared images and messages about their actions in chats and social networks “shows an enormous sense of impunity,” although he celebrated that the crimes had been reported from within the police community.
Therefore, it demands that a external and independent police oversight agency and that more cameras be installed in police stations and in cars, and that officers use body cameras when interacting with people.