# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1933-portugal-salazar-formal-censorship)
- Source: Press Censorship in Spain & Portugal. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03064227208532172
- 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.

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