The campers for housing return to occupy the Plaza de España after the demonstration

PalmaThe activists from the housing encampment have returned this Wednesday evening to the Plaça d'Espanya in Palma after the demonstration called in the framework of the general strike on 11-N. Hundreds of people have gathered again in the space, where the campers had announced they would return after the mobilization.

In the square there are about ten police vans. The gathering comes after a massive demonstration that has traveled through the center of Palma and has brought together 45,000 people, according to the organizers, with access to housing and the cost of living as the main demands.

Representatives of the collective announced that they would return to camp after the eviction of the protest by the Local Police, a week ago.

The collective considers that last Wednesday's eviction constituted a violation of the right of assembly and accuses the Local Police of having intervened without authorization. Clara Santano, one of the participants in the encampment, pointed out several episodes that, according to her version, evidence this violation: the impossibility of recovering belongings, the destruction of the public library they had organized autonomously, and the police attempt to prevent them from continuing the protest while sitting on the ground, without tents or barriers.