Tag: Anti-SLAPP
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Repubblika condemns government’s threats against journalists
Repubblika has expressed full solidarity with Maltese journalists who are threatened by the government – which has refused to enact reforms put forward by the public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Instead of safeguarding freedom of expression, they said, the government is making life harder for journalists. In Parliament, it rejected Opposition…
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IÄ M urges Parliament to strengthen anti-SLAPP protection for journalists
As Parliament prepares to debate amendments to anti-SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation – legislation this afternoon, the Institute of Maltese Journalists is calling on MPs to vote in favour of proposals presented by the Opposition that would extend protection for journalists and others against legal intimidation. While the new legal notice, which was…
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The Nationalist Party publishes amendments to the government’s anti-SLAPP reform on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
The Nationalist Opposition has proposed amendments to the government’s newly introduced anti-SLAPP measures following the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive dubbed as “Daphne’s Law”. The motion, which was tabled in parliament last week, is proposing to amend the government’s legal amendments to make the anti-SLAPP provisions more protective of journalists and their free speech. The amendments propose…
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New EU anti-SLAPP law will ban SLAPP in the EU
The European Parliament has just approved a very signfiicant anti-SLAPP law which provides the right of jurisdictions to refuse recognition of foreign judgements on defamation and libel cases. The law also introduces provisions that oblige the plaintiffs to pay the defendant’s legal fees and even to com-pensate them if the libel case is lost. You…
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Beware of pigs bearing gifts
I love pigs and they are adorable creatures, but that doesn’t mean I am going to eagerly accept a gift from a pig. And surely, I am not going to share a pumpkin with it. I am very cautious about reports that the government is working on an anti-SLAPP bill along with other reforms to…
