More about the corrupt dictator friends of the Maltese puppet prime minister
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December 15, 2014 at 10:42pm
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/azerbaijan-imprisons-an-investigative-journalist/2014/12/11/ab65774e-7f14-11e4-8882-03cf08410beb_story.html
‘L hemm sejrin.
Be careful, Daphne – he might be inspired to do that to you. Ilek xewka f’sormu.
over our dead bodies.
That’s when Malta would really riot.
They came very close to doing it on the eve of the election in 2013 and I didn’t see anyone rioting.
The percentage of fear was different.
People like Lou exposed since then.
Anger started replacing fear.
I’d wager there is still fear left but anger is increasingly coming to the fore.
Call me naive but on that particular eve I still had faith in the institutions. Now it’s a different story.
Count me in
Turkey’s Erdogan was reported on international news of having done just that. He clamped down on all journalists perceived to be hobnobbing with the Opposition.
Will Prime minister Muscat honour President Erdogan with a Gieh ir-Repubblika next year for his laudable efforts at promoting Free Speech in one of the most troubled regions in the world?
He might honour Aliyev of Azerbaijan. Michelle and Aliyeva junior have already bonded quite sweetly.
Daphne, if Malta wasn’t exposed due to its EU membership, your fate would be a similar one.
I would agree….true…..One of the few advantages of membership.
One of the few advantages? So the almost 1 billion euros in funds which Maltese received aren’t an enormous advantage of membership?
Or the fact that Maltese people can work and live in other EU countries with enormous ease?
Had Malta not joined the EU, we would have been doomed. It’s the best thing Malta ever did, and Eddie Fenech Adami is Malta’s true saviour.
Khadija Ismayilova is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: http://www.icij.org/blog/2014/12/icij-calls-immediate-release-arrested-azeri-reporter
The initial reaction to ICIJ’s exposure of the Aliyevs’ offshore accounts: “I regret that authority of Press Council doesn’t go beyond Azerbaijan and there is no such institution worldwide to fight racketeer journalists.” http://www.icij.org/blog/2013/04/release-offshore-records-draws-worldwide-response
ICIJ: http://bit.ly/1EpiMnM
“Ma’ min rajtek, xebbahtek”.
Perhaps the English equivalent to this Maltese proverb is “Birds of a feather flock together”.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/03/azerbaijan-human-rights-uk-tory-echr
irid jghaddi minn fuqi l-ewwel biex jaghlaqli halqi.