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Dozens of NGOs, professional associations and academic institutions have banded together to demand a radical shift in Malta’s prison syste
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The Malta Refugee Council and 28 NGOs on Friday expressed "extreme concern" about a new policy that they say is denying people the possibility of working and ea
Maltese human rights entities have written to the Foreign Affairs Minister expressing solidarity with Palestine and urging Malta to do and say more.
Israel bombarded Gaza with artillery and airstrikes on Friday following a new barrage of rockets from the Hamas-run enclave, intensifying a conflict that has claimed more than 120 lives.
The most intense fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza since 2014 has been accompanied by an unprecedented outbreak of mob violence between Jews and Arabs inside Israel.
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Meanwhile, in a press conference on Friday, Palestinian Ambassador to Malta Fadi Hanania gave an overview to the media of the events unfolding in the region, as Palestinian families were displaced from there homes in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, which is part of Palestinian occupied territory.