No charges yet in sight despite police ‘show’ and leaks
As the mainstream media are being drip-fed leaks by the police on ongoing high profile arrests, including those of disgraced former Minister Konrad Mizzi and Joseph Muscat’s right hand man Keith Schembri, no charges have been brought against them so far and it seems that this may not necessarily happen, according to legal sources. Several […]
Malta scende ancora in piazza per Daphne
I cittadini si riuniscono per celebrare 28 mesi dall’assassinio della giornalista Daphne Caruana Galizia e rinnovano la richiesta di giustizia. “Sei nato con il diritto di protestare. Nessuno te lo concede”, ha dichiarato Alessandra Dee Crespo riferendosi all’ordine del Primo Ministro Robert Abela di non cancellare i tributi dei cittadini rimasti al memoriale che in […]
‘Better to light the candle than to curse the darkness’
Citizens plan to spend the night on watch at the protest memorial for assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Valletta in the hope that it won’t be cleared by the government on Republic Day. This is a call to action from citizens who will spend the night on watch at the protest memorial for assassinated […]
Malta marches against corruption and impunity
The message in Valletta this evening was one of hope that Malta can overcome the corruption plaguing the country. Thousands of protestors took to the streets of Valletta to call for the resignation of the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Keith Schembri. The crowd chanted “Korrotti Kastilja”, referring to the corruption at the Office of […]
Citizens fill Republic Street calling for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
The EU cannot be a dangerous place for those who guarantee correct information to our citizens, former European Parliament president Antonio Tajani said in a video message aired to a huge crowd of protestors that filled Valletta’s Republic Street on Wednesday evening, but the world lost a piece of press freedom when Daphne Caruana Galizia […]
PACE approves report on the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia
International freedom of expression organisations welcome crucial PACE resolution on the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and rule of law in Malta We, the undersigned international freedom of expression organisations, welcome the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on 26 June, condemning the continued impunity for the assassination of […]
“We don’t need heroes”
Anti-mafia organisation Libera dedicated its Ragusa chapter to slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during a ceremony on Tuesday in which her sister, Corinne Vella, was a keynote speaker. The need for citizens to fight back against organised crime was a common theme. “We should not rely on a few people to fight for us…Our societies […]
