Border cops' murder trial puts spotlight on Portugal's immigration service
Reuters
2/1/2021
* Ukrainian man died in Lisbon airport detention centre
* Autopsy images showed body covered in dark bruises
* Three border officers go on trial Tuesday
* Critics say case exposes abusive culture in border agency
* Border agency's workers union denies accusation
By Victoria Waldersee and Catarina Demony
LISBON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Three Portuguese police officers stand trial on Tuesday over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man in a Lisbon airport lock-up, a case that fuelled outrage and exposed what rights advocates say is a record of abuse within the country's immigration service.