FILE PHOTO: Portugal's coat of arms is seen carved in sand on a beach in Angra do Heroismo on the Azores islands, Portugal September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Azores Islands, some 1,400 km from the Portuguese coast, breached the national constitution by forcing air passengers to the popular tourist destination to quarantine for 14 days, the country's Constitutional Court has ruled.
The court said authorities on the islands had treated people as if they were serving a short prison sentence by confining them in hotels, regardless of whether they had symptoms.
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