Tag: Women
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Will the next Arab Spring be ignited by women?
The Arab Spring was ignited by a young male street vendor called Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia who burnt himself after the police harassed him and confiscated his items on the street. Bouazizi’s death had sparked the anger of many Arabs across the Arab world and many Arab dictators were toppled as a result. Egyptian President…
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So, is Rosianne Cutajar a “mara simpatika bla pretensjonijiet?”
Asking for a friend. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
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Bernice Cassar was not failed by the system: she was failed by the Police
Under this Labour government, no one wants to take accountability for anything. The Labour government wants to absolve itself from any responsibility for the current crisis in domestic violence by blaming the system. It’s always convenient to put blame on abstract concepts such as the “system” instead of simply finding the material faults and causes…
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I expect this kind of theatre to be called out every single time from now on
This is not something I am happy to do. I very much respect David Casa for calling out the government in my defense in the European Parliament when the police charged me for publishing NuxellinaLeaks, but I am also very happy to be consistent on the issue of abortion given the gravity of the situation.…
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The disgusting power trip of Maltese doctors
Disclaimer. I am lucky enough to be able to write this because I have the means to use private hospitals, choose my doctors, and even choose the particular country from where I am treated. I have used hospitals in at least five different countries in three different continents. I have used a Maltese doctor once…
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Here’s something simple the legislator can and should do to protect rape victims
Without going into the debate about the morality of lawyers, which I would be very happy to discuss another time, here is something simple the legislator can do to help protect women. Lawyers defending an individual accused of sexual violence or rape should not be allowed to ask the alleged victim/s questions about what they…
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Maltese judges are too soft on rape and sexual harassment
Maltese judges are applying a set of traditional and outdated ideas when it comes to cases of sex and rape and as a result, women are being left with no justice at all. There’s a situation in Malta where rape and sexual harassment are going on with impunity as the courts are taking these cases…
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The interests of those fighting for freedom are aligned
2022 will go down in history when the might of authoritarian empires was successfully challenged by vulnerable and poor victims: poor in weapons and resources but mighty in courage and principles. On one side of the globe, there were the Ukrainians who literally put a stop to Putin’s bellicose imperialism and began pushing back with…
