Website Tugaleaks, which aims to serve since December 2010 as Portugal's Wikileaks, had its bank account for donations arbitrarily closed on July 13 with no official communication [1] [pt]. Tugaleaks contributors were finally told the account had been closed based on Act 25/2008 [2] [pt] of money laundering and terrorist financing, which they contested and thus concluded: “We must bother lots of people, for sure”.
Portugal: Tugaleaks Bank Account Deemed as Terrorist and Closed
· Written by João Miguel Lima
Categories: Western Europe, Portugal, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Ideas, Law, Protest