The resignation of Robert Aquilina has sent shockwaves through Malta’s civil society sector — and delivered a fatal blow to what little credibility NGO Repubblika had left. Once seen as a self-proclaimed guardian of the rule of law, the organisation now finds itself engulfed in a scandal of its own making.   Aquilina, Repubblika’s most […]

They suffer in silence – for weeks, months, sometimes years.   Trapped between fear, humiliation, and love, many women in Malta silently endure unthinkable abuse behind closed doors – until, at last, their courage overcomes their fear and they walk into the Domestic Violence Unit of the Police. Wounded. Broken. But determined to be heard. […]