The coordinated groups defending the residents of the old Palma prison have denounced this Friday the City Council’s “lies” regarding the process of repossession of the building and have demanded “real alternatives” for the people living there. The entities have issued a joint statement after some residents received notification on Wednesday of the dismissal of the allegations filed against the eviction.

Dozens of people gathered this Tuesday outside the courthouse on Vía de Alemania in Palma to show their support for those facing charges for trying to stop the eviction of a family with children in 2022. The legal proceedings, known as the Barraquer case, were resolved with a plea agreement that avoided a trial. The charge was resisting authority. The demonstration was organized by the Palma Housing Union (SHP), whose members displayed a banner with the slogan "Repression will only make us stronger" and chanted slogans such as "No people without homes, no homes without people."