Thousands march in Spain over eviction of 87-year-old woman Maricarmen Abascal - South China Morning Post
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Agence France-PressePublished: 4:18am, 27 Sep 2026Thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction earlier this week of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home, calling for greater protection for tenants.
Agence France-PressePublished: 4:18am, 27 Sep 2026Thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction earlier this week of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home, calling for greater protection for tenants.
Images of Maricarmen Abascal being carried from her Madrid flat on a stretcher on Wednesday after police broke down her door have thrust Spainβs housing crisis back into the spotlight ahead of a general election due in 2027.
Protesters rattled keys, blew whistles, chanted slogans and held banners calling for measures to curb rising housing costs and make evictions more difficult as they marched through central Madrid.
βYou could be the next Maricarmen,β read one banner.
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