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Regardless of Season, Playing Ping-Pong with People’s Lives is Unacceptable!

January 7, 2019 · Mina Tolu ·

When we focus our arguments on the bad weather and on the Christmas season, we downplay the significance and severity of the actual issue, which then fades from the fore of public debates.

Tagged With: democracy, human rights, migrants, migration

To Be or To Be Defined?

October 30, 2018 · Francois Zammit & Raisa Galea ·

With a precision of scientific inquiry, the exhibition To Be [Defined] examines what it means—and feels like—to live as an antagonist in a story narrated by others.

Tagged With: art, human rights, migration

Refugee Solidarity in Truly Challenging Circumstances

September 18, 2018 · Andrew Galea Debono ·

There are currently around 24.5 million refugees from different countries around the world. One of the major paradoxes of our time is the acceptance by economically developing countries to host hundreds of thousands of refugees, whilst much richer ones are more concerned with building barriers to keep those in need out.

Tagged With: Africa, hospitality, human rights, migration, refugees

You Too Might Need Help of a Rescue Mission One Day

July 27, 2018 · Raisa Galea ·

The crew of Sea Watch 3 urges the Maltese public to support their pledge to set them free. The only issue of the vessel and the only wrongdoing of the crew was saving lives—the lives that should be as valuable as ours, alas they seem not to be.

Tagged With: human rights, migration, refugees

LGBTIQ in Malta: Rights but Little Media Representation

February 25, 2018 · Marthese Formosa ·

In the past few years, Malta championed the cause of gender and sexual minorities. However, when it comes to their de facto representation in the media, the progress has been much slower.

Tagged With: gender, human rights, LGBTIQ, Malta, sexuality

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