Claim 162

A 1926 decree, Law 12008, declared that no censorship existed in Portugal even though censorship had in fact been introduced after that year's coup.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: A 1926 decree, Law 12008, declared that no censorship existed in Portugal even though censorship had in fact been introduced after that year's coup.
Field: action
Value: 1926 decree denied censorship existed
About: incident 1933-portugal-salazar-formal-censorship
Source: Press Censorship in Spain & Portugal
Publisher: Index on Censorship (SAGE Publishing)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 1972

Quotation from the source

that no censorship existed, even though censorship had in fact been introduced after the coup d'etat.