**PN MP Sounds Alarm Over Deportation of Long-Time Ethiopian Residents After 15-18 Years in Malta** In a case that has sent shockwaves through Malta’s tight-knit migrant communities, Nationalist Party MP and home affairs spokesperson Beppe Fenech Adami has condemned the deportation of three Ethiopian nationals who had lived, worked, and built lives in Malta for…
**Thrown to the Virus: How Malta’s Prison Walls Became a COVID Cage** The call to prayer had just faded over Paola when the news broke: Malta’s own prison authorities had locked a healthy man in a cell with two COVID-positive inmates, then left him there for 14 days. By the time the European Court of…
From the honey-coloured bastions of Valletta to the narrow, sun-bleached alleys of Mdina, talk of a “special tribunal for Ukraine” is no longer a distant diplomatic echo. Over cups of strong Maltese tea at Café Cordina and on the shaded benches of Upper Barrakka Gardens, islanders are weighing the implications of a proposed international court…
A 43-Year Legal Odyssey: Maltese Man’s Battle for Justice Reaches Boiling Point By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – In a case that has outlasted eight prime ministers, three popes and the entire run of Xarabank, a 63-year-old Għargħur man is threatening to sue the Maltese state for “gross breach of fundamental rights” after four decades…
Maltese NGOs Rally Solidarity as Rights Group Reports 20 Missing After Deadly Indonesia Protests By Lara Pace, Valletta As the last ferry from Gozo glided into Ċirkewwa on Monday evening, mobile phones across Malta lit up with grim headlines: at least 20 Indonesian students and labour activists have vanished following violent protests in Jakarta. The…
Persistent threats to human rights defenders in Malta flagged in new report by Hot Malta Newsroom The narrow backstreets of Valletta may look postcard-perfect at dusk, but for many Maltese activists the golden limestone walls can feel more like a maze of watchful eyes than a UNESCO backdrop. A new briefing published today by the…
