No man’s land: Square around protest memorial site also blocked off
The barricade surrounding the Great Siege monument that served
The Shift Team
November 7, 2018 11:41
Disinformation Watch #23: On dirty political tricks that make headlines
The government undermines civil society by directly suppressing freedom
The Shift Team
October 21, 2018 06:00
When the justice minister distorts the rule of law
Minister Owen Bonnici wrote an extremely deceptive and deceitful
Andre Delicata
October 15, 2018 12:21
Council of Europe rapporteur calls out government officials avoiding him
Government officials have still not confirmed meetings with the
Caroline Muscat
October 14, 2018 15:43
Malta for Dummies #6: The minister of economical truth
In Malta, where everything is upside down and topsy-turvy,
Lizzie Eldridge
October 12, 2018 16:56
The State of Siege
“Isn’t it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt
Andrew Galea
October 9, 2018 15:16
Malta for Dummies #5: The culture of justice and freedom of expression
In Malta, where everything is upside down and topsy-turvy,
Lizzie Eldridge
October 5, 2018 19:13
Disinformation Watch #19: Unfreedom of expression
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said “I will not allow
The Shift Team
September 22, 2018 18:46
Malta for dummies #3: The cleansing of memory
At the risk of boring our long-suffering European dummy,
Lizzie Eldridge
September 21, 2018 18:00
Liberal democracy should trump populism
The Greek root of ‘democracy’ is ‘dēmokratía’, whose literal
Benjamin Dalli
September 21, 2018 14:29
From ‘civil rights champions’ to denying citizens the right to protest 
The right to protest is one of the cornerstones
September 21, 2018 06:24
Activists take their call for justice to Minister’s door
Activists from Occupy Justice said no barriers would stop
The Shift Team
September 19, 2018 16:14
Government clears memorial (again) and puts up its own banner
In what has become a ridiculous show of force
Caroline Muscat
September 19, 2018 08:44
The call for justice will not be silenced
I was discussing the situation in Malta with a
Andrew Galea
September 16, 2018 16:18
Disinformation Watch #18: Freedom, justice and Owen Bonnici’s empty words
Following Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government Owen
The Shift Team
September 16, 2018 08:57
Activists undeterred by government’s latest attempt to ‘kill Daphne’s memory’
The Great Siege monument which for the past year
The Shift Team
September 8, 2018 17:03
Government move to help band club stops court from being able to decide other case
An appeals court postponed its decision on whether to
The Shift Team
July 17, 2018 15:07
Disinformation Watch #10: The Blame Game: Government’s reaction to a journalist’s assassination
On the day marking nine months since the assassination
The Shift Team
July 16, 2018 07:53
‘Murders of journalists cannot be tolerated in the EU’ – Justice Commissioner
Interview by Jane Whyatt The Justice Commissioner of the
The Shift Team
July 13, 2018 16:00
Family hits back at Justice Minister’s comments on investigation into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici will not sack Valletta 2018
Caroline Muscat
July 13, 2018 12:01
UPDATED: Owen Bonnici defends V18 chairman in grilling at twin capital of culture
Updated to include reaction from CEO of Leeuwarden Friesland
Caroline Muscat
July 12, 2018 13:47
V18 chairman causes diplomatic rift
The Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok has been
The Shift Team
June 26, 2018 16:00
Confidential, you say?
I’m not proposing here to discuss whether Judge Scerri
Andrew Borg Cardona
June 26, 2018 06:59
Disinformation Watch #3: How the government manufactured Mark Montebello story to discredit Archbishop
Mark Montebello, a Dominican friar who unlike other clerics
The Shift Team
June 1, 2018 08:40
Disinformation Watch #2: Government, Labour Party distorting European Commission reports on Malta
Prime Minister and Labour leader Joseph Muscat claimed in
The Shift Team
May 30, 2018 17:49
After Malta, EU needs anti-SLAPP law to protect media freedom – MEPs
A group of MEPs from across political groups have
Caroline Muscat
April 11, 2018 11:04
‘Government should have sought advice to protect journalists’ – lawyers
Justice minister Owen Bonnici should have sought advice on
April 10, 2018 18:23
Abusive SLAPP lawsuits ‘have no place in the EU’ MEP tells European Commission
MEP David Casa has urged the European Commission vice-president
April 10, 2018 12:37
Government steamrolls over opposition’s anti-SLAPP amendments
Government today voted down amendments proposed by the opposition
April 9, 2018 20:19
Discretion without constraints is unregulated power
We recently learnt that Court sentences can be deleted
Andre Delicata
March 24, 2018 14:52

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