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Christmas-message 2007
 
Dear Readers,
 
''"And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn."
 
At Christmas Eve, I read in the Dutch news, between the daily messages about wars, occupations  and other human rights violations, two messages, which stroke me
 
The first mentioned the record money, the  ''Dutch'' had spent for Christmas-shopping, 700 million euro, 15 percent more as last year
 
The second message referred to the statement of the Israeli military Prosecutor, that Israel hadn't made an illegal use of the clusterbombs in South-Lebanon, because they should be thrown in a ''non populated'' area and were mentioned in the battle against the Hezbollah rocket-attacks
 
Therefore the commanders, who have used those clustermunitions, will not be persecuted before the Court
 

Yesterday the Anti-Circus Coalition organised a protest in front of Circo Aquatico to protest against animal use in the entertaining shows of the circus. The coalition stated that the use of animals in circus shows is a maltreatment as they are forced to do activities which aren't usual to their natural habits. They are also kept in small cages and suffer miserable conditions in containers, when they are being transported from one country to another.

Apart from being a contender for the most misspelt word since rhythm, Peklectrick, is also the name of the solo project of former dripht guitarist and founder member Patrick. Peklectrick's music is an eclectic soup of different genres with heavy doses of reggae & rock, complimented by some blues and funk. The music is served with socially conscious lyrics, a punk rock ethos and a tongue firmly in cheek.

A report published by Fortress Europe includes a testimonial by an
immigrant who was handed over to the Libyan police by the AFM.

COLLECTIVE REFOULEMENTS AT SEA

Tareke, Erithrea

"We embarked in Zuwarah in July 2005. There were 264 of us, on an old ship, at night. After ten hours at sea, the engine broke down. We spent five days in the sea, in a damaged ship. Then, a military ship bearing a Maltese flag rescued us at around 17:00. There were women and children on board as well. A few hours later, a red boat bearing an Italian flag approached, they took some photographs and then left. The Maltese hooked and towed us and changed direction, southwards. Until a ship bearing a
Libyan flag reached us. The Maltese went back, and the Libyans towed us to the nearest harbour, where

Even though there are about 1000 empty dwellings in Birzebbugia,
developers still insist to invest in residential property. A new
development proposal is on Tal-Papa Farm of Birzebbugia which hosts
150 trees and usues traditional methods of farming. If this farm is
destroyed another part of Maltese culture will be lost.

The underground newspaper of Ir-Realta' which stopped being published on the last of July due to the intimidation by fascists and hunters, now actually faces libel charges. FKNK is to take Ir-Realta' to court on the 28th November on charges of publishing malicious content. Joseph Buttigieg and Carmel sive Lino Farrugia backed up by advocate Andrea Micallef are opening this libel because of a caricature which depcited the FKNK and an editorial which spoke on vandalism and hunting. To acquire a copy of the paper please send an email to editur@realtamadwarek.org

18 years for Drug dealing !!

What sort of country is Malta...I think this sentence is a world record....

In UK the sentence for major drug dealing will be about 3 years Max....The rest of Europe the same.

Also in court in Malta a man was sentenced to 3 days jail for not wearing a tye in court. 

Wake up Malta.

After some time of inactivity in the journalistic sphere, Indymedia Malta has finally finished the website and settled all its technical problems so please excuse us for our temporal inactivity! Please note that we have changed our email and you can now contact us by sending on imcmalta@inventati.org

How come nobody in Malta has mentioned the new ID cards to be introduced around December.

The new cards will require Fingerprint and DNA profile included.

I'm shocked no one has picked up on this.

Dont believe me...Call the ID card office and ask to renue your id card...see what they say.

Valletta, 27 August 2007

2007 World Press Photo Exhibition in Valletta

For the first time in it’s history the world famous World Press Photo Exhibition can be seen in Malta from 14 September- 7 October in St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity in Valletta. This traveling exhibition, unique in its kind, is the result of a worldwide annual contest on press photography and is brought to Valletta with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Malta Tourism Authority, the Strickland Foundation and TNT local branch in Malta, C&C Express. The official opening of the exhibition is on 13 September.