Defamation law in the hands of ‘malicious parties’ is chilling for journalists – OSCE
The use of criminal and civil lawsuits against journalists
Alice Taylor
November 26, 2021 10:30
Urgent action needed against online gender-based violence and attacks on female journalists – UN Report
Despite the impressive gains made by women, gendered censorship
Elizabeth De Gaetano
October 19, 2021 13:55
‘Media and freedom of speech are indispensable’ for EU democracy, vice-president of EU commission says
Vice-President of the EU Commission for Values and Transparency
Julian Delia
September 17, 2021 12:54
SLAPPs are misuse of justice systems aimed at intimidation of journalists, EP report says
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation constitute a misuse of
Alice Taylor
June 25, 2021 11:04
If you can, you must
Doctors are trained to heal.  They have the capability
Kevin Cassar
June 2, 2021 07:15
Red herrings and smokescreens
A couple of days ago, after the news broke
Blanche Gatt
May 17, 2021 08:53
‘Our island is just one theatre in a much larger conflict’
“It took a murder to make me realise that
Gabriel Schembri
March 9, 2020 14:32
Freedom of speech top priority for Maltese – Eurobarometer
Malta was one of the top countries in the
The Shift Team
December 26, 2019 12:42
‘When a journalist dies, a whole chunk of democracy dies’ – Sandro Ruotolo
Renowned Italian journalist Sandro Ruotolo has condemned the Maltese
The Shift Team
September 16, 2019 13:48
Media Freedom Rapporteurs launch joint declaration at London conference
The Media Freedom Rapporteurs of international institutions have come
The Shift Team
July 10, 2019 15:34
Worse than Mongolia but better than Germany
One fine February day, eight months before Daphne Caruana
Ranier Fsadni
June 30, 2019 07:06
Joseph Muscat’s Haiku
Most European political leaders campaign in poetry, then govern
Ranier Fsadni
June 16, 2019 07:37
You can protest, you are free(ish)
“Freedom of the press comes down to this: The
Caroline Muscat
June 15, 2019 13:09
Indictment and arrest of Wikileaks founder ‘a threat to press freedom’
A United Nations expert on torture who visited Wikileaks
The Shift Team
June 8, 2019 07:27
‘We won’t forget journalists who have been silenced’ – IPI World Congress
“When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole pay
The Shift Team
June 5, 2019 14:52
‘Lack of media freedom is the first sign of a dictatorship’ – Pope Francis
Pope Francis spoke of the “pain” of hearing statistics
Alice Taylor
May 20, 2019 10:14
The Shift takes part in the RSF 2019 World Press Freedom Index in London
Caroline Muscat, co-founder and editor of The Shift News,
Alice Taylor
April 18, 2019 18:52
European journalists demand MEP candidates commit to media freedom
The European Federation of Journalists has launched its manifesto
Alice Taylor
March 21, 2019 16:17
‘Without media freedom there can be no democracy’
In the absence of government action, it is up
Alice Taylor
March 16, 2019 15:59
Malta government only paying ‘lip service’ to its human rights obligations, UN hears
Leading international press freedom and human rights organisations raised
The Shift Team
March 15, 2019 10:00
Son of murdered journalist warns World Economic Forum about harassment
The lack of action on the harassment faced by
January 24, 2019 13:28
When silence means consent
You can easily laugh off taunts levelled at critics
Lizzie Eldridge
January 21, 2019 10:11
We shall not be led ‘like sheep to the slaughter’
In 1783, one of the founding fathers of the
The Shift Team
November 26, 2018 12:46
Speaker’s ruling ‘unilateral censorship of free press’ – Repubblika
Civil society organisation Repubblika expressed it solidarity with The
The Shift Team
November 24, 2018 14:08
Public roles and private rants
In an ideal world, you can say whatever you
Ryan Murdock
November 24, 2018 09:11
The Shift News reacts to Speaker’s ruling
The ruling by Speaker Anglu Farrugia in Parliament yesterday
The Shift Team
November 21, 2018 12:45
‘Government should not fan the flames of hate and violence’ – Naomi Klein
A year ago the murder of an investigative journalist
Caroline Muscat
November 10, 2018 09:27
Golden Victoria award for Daphne Caruana Galizia and Ján Kuciak
The Association of German Magazine Publishers (VDZ) has honoured
Caroline Muscat
November 7, 2018 07:32
Another little step to stifle press freedom
Xarabank is not the most defensible programme out there.
Benjamin Dalli
October 28, 2018 08:33
Mintoff ‘is-Salvatur’ and Joseph ‘il-King’: Political cults and democracy
You would think the Maltese would be more adept
Andrew Galea
October 1, 2018 13:07

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