Opinion: The wrong guy
Speaker Anglu Farrugia has been elected president of an
Kevin Cassar
October 29, 2024 10:43
European Court of Human Rights blasts Malta’s detention regime, again
The European Court of Human Rights had extremely harsh
Noel Grima
October 22, 2024 18:07
Appeals Court reverses Financial Services Tribunal decision against MFSA
The Appeals Court reversed the Financial Services Tribunal’s ruling
The Shift Team
April 3, 2024 19:45
Free El Hiblu 3 campaign’s hopes now lie with the court’s ‘reasonableness’.
The Free El Hiblu 3 campaign hopes that it
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 13, 2024 14:00
Maltese tourism minister poses with Saudi counterpart days before anniversary of Khashoggi death
A Maltese minister visited Saudi Arabia, posing for photos
Alice Taylor
October 3, 2023 14:00
Belgian MEP resigns as EP human rights chair over Qatar flight and hotel freebies
Belgian MEP Maria Arena’s position as Chair of the
The Shift Team
January 13, 2023 15:11
EU-Azerbaijan deal ‘replacing energy reliance on a kleptocratic state with long-term reliance on another’
The EU Commission’s energy deal with the autocratic regime
Julian Delia
July 20, 2022 08:54
‘Filtering system’ for asylum seekers is ‘broken’, insider warns
The system through which asylum seekers’ applications are processed
Julian Delia
December 24, 2021 10:25
Cheating the customs
‘It is not dishonest; rather a proof of cleverness
Ranier Fsadni
December 5, 2021 06:44
Four people a day die crossing the Mediterranean, Malta gets scathing mention – report
An average of four people has died every day
Alice Taylor
November 23, 2021 11:32
A catalogue of human rights violations
“Malta’s government is in denial about the catalogue of
Kevin Cassar
October 27, 2021 07:15
ECHR finds Russia failed to investigate assassination of journalist Natalia Estemirova
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that
Alice Taylor
September 4, 2021 09:34
Standing up for human rights, only when it suits us
China’s brutal dictatorship is without doubt one of the
Blanche Gatt
July 10, 2021 08:50
UN: pushbacks violate human rights, are incompatible with state obligations
Migrant pushbacks result in human rights violations and are
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 29, 2021 13:54
Outrage, demands for action after Belarusian journalist arrest on hijacked Ryanair flight
The international political, media, and human rights communities are
Alice Taylor
May 24, 2021 12:18
‘Political will to enact change has never been more urgent’
More than 500 lives have been lost so far
Alice Taylor
April 29, 2021 07:39
Yorgen Fenech application partly ‘inadmissable’ – European Court of Human Rights
In its partial decision in the case of Fenech
March 30, 2021 16:00
Dodger’s gone, Dodge City remains
Babylon had Hammurabi. Judaism had Moses. Classical Athens had
Ranier Fsadni
March 7, 2021 06:57
Reporters Without Borders files charges against Saudi Arabia over Jamal Khashoggi murder
International press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has
Alice Taylor
March 4, 2021 10:17
Council of Europe says Malta fails basic human rights obligations for minorities
The Maltese government has failed to collect any data
Alice Taylor
February 22, 2021 10:27
On human rights day, ‘band club protection’ law held to be in breach of human rights
In a judgement handed down by the Civil Court
Gabriel Schembri
December 11, 2020 16:43
The legacy of a few men
The world is aware that Malta, under the premiership
Andre Delicata
October 28, 2020 09:10
Former European Court Judge Giovanni Bonello slams the Attorney General’s track record
Former judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Victor Paul Borg
October 27, 2020 15:36
Respect human rights? It depends…
Late last month, our justice minister announced the government’s
Ranier Fsadni
September 13, 2020 06:00
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister to spend €1m a month to detain migrants on ship
The government will be paying €33,500 a day, or
The Shift Team
August 31, 2020 08:32
Relatives of asylum seekers who died at sea file judicial protest against Abela
The relatives of two asylum-seekers who died at sea
Joanna Demarco
May 20, 2020 18:08
A hierarchy of rights 
In many places across the world, we are witnessing
Jacques René Zammit
May 4, 2020 08:30
Surge in racist and hate speech online following government decisions
Online hate has surfaced repeatedly over the past few
The Shift Team
April 27, 2020 13:35
Over 100 press freedom violations in the EU since COVID-19
More than 100 press freedom violations have been registered
April 23, 2020 10:30
Get off that high horse, Bobby
Repubblika, the civil society organisation that has become Prime
Caroline Muscat
April 22, 2020 10:06

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