Human rights lawyer Tonio Azzopardi has filing a judicial protest against the Prime Minister calling upon him to respect human life and fulfill his duty of ensuring that fundamental human rights are safeguarded.
In his judicial act filed before the First Hall, Civil Court, Dr Azzopardi took upon himself the plight of the hundreds of migrants who perished in the Mediterranean while attempting to make the crossing from Libya after fleeing persecution in their home countries.
Although the “honourable Prime Minister was doubtlessly aware” of these individuals who lost their lives at sea, nonetheless “decisions had been taken and were still being taken” which did not respect the right to life of such persons, some 628 of whom perished in June.
The lawyer explained that rescue vessels operated by NGOs were not being allowed to fulfill their “noble aim” namely that of saving human lives.
Worse still, spotter planes had now also been halted in their reconnaissance operations while boatloads of migrants continued their incessant crossings.
After allowing the charity ship Lifeline to dock at Malta following a spat with Italy, Malta closed its ports to ships carrying migrants that are…
