Tag: violence
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Deputy-Leader of the Labour Party Alex Agius Saliba says he won’t apologise for the past violence of the Labour Party: better to move forward
In a statement uploaded online on his Facebook page, the Deputy-Leader of the Labour Party Alex Agius Saliba said that he won’t apologise for the violence of the Labour Party and its supporters during the 1970s and the 1980s. Alex Agius Saliba said that violence was committed by both sides and he prefers to move…
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Women mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with protest in Valletta
Yesterday in Valletta, Moviment Graffitti and women’s groups held a protest in front of the Law Courts building in Valletta to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Protestors held posters and photos of victims of female victims of male violence including Bernice Cassar, Chantelle Chetcuti and Sion Grech. Momentum, who…
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“Her Plight, Our Fight” – against gender-based violence: Moviment Graffitti calls for urgent action
For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, once again, Moviment Graffitti YPB together with women from different organisations and from different walks of life organised a rally in Valletta to express their collective anger at the culture of violence that permeates our society. The theme chosen for this year is “Her…
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Il-Bronx Soċjalista
I wasn’t going to write this, but the President shouldn’t be preaching about maturity if she can’t even call out the ridiculous and most irresponsible things that are said by the Prime Minister himself , who undoubtedly, has the loudest and most effective voice in society. The people of the South should rightly despise the…
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How is this justice?
Courts are still giving non-consequential sentences for violent attacks. Read about this sentence of a youth who violently attacked a taxi driver and wounded him badly. The youth has been allowed to practically go scot-free with a suspended sentence. This is also demoralising for the Police and the Prosecutor who would take the time to…
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Will the police officer who told off this victim get suspended?
It’s good that the press takes up stories of victims when justice fails them. The press is the last and only alternative resort to victims when the authorities fail them. Michelle De Battista, interviewed by Newsbook, was assaulted by a man in Marsa. She subsequently filed a police report and was told the police wouldn’t…
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One week into a Labour government: a Minister under police investigation and violence
It’s going to be a wild five years with a government administration run by ONE propagandists, village lawyers and corrupt officials who are emboldened to keep grinding for the rent-seeking regime. They feel they have been awarded the right to plunder and ruin the country on their own terms, and anyone who will oppose them…
