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[Joanna Demarco / Amnesty International]
MALTA must call off the trial of three young men who prevented the return of 108 refugees to Libya by commandeering their rescuers’ ship two years ago, an alliance of 30 human rights groups demanded today.
On March 26 2019, merchant vessel the El Hiblu 1 picked up 108 people fleeing war-torn Libya across the central Mediterranean.
After taking the people on board, the ship’s captain told them that they would be taken to a European port.
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians