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    Malta Court of Criminal Appeal (Inferior) 2019 Malta / Court of Criminal Appeal / 58 / 2018 Race/Ethnicity Black people or of African origin The case involves an appeal of a decision by the Court of Magistrates which found the accused guilty of physical assault and verbal abuse that were racially motivated. The original case revolved around an argument between the appallent and 2 Nigerian women during which the appellant (accussed) made remarks that the court deemed to be ‘incitement to racial hatred or violence’ as well as showing and during which the women were physically assaulted which assault was coupled with the statements… View more
    Malta Court of Criminal Appeal 2019 Malta / Court of Criminal Appeal / 353/2014 Race/Ethnicity Black people or of African origin The case deals with an appeal of a decision by a lower court which found the appellant guilty of incitement to racial hatred. Appellant was heard shouting and swearing and kicking the car of their senior citizen neighbours. The complainant in that case heard bad language and swearing by the accused stating several times that he will kill every f…. negro that came to that street. The accused also shouted at and pushed a dark skinned refuse collector who happened to be working on the street, and… View more
    Malta Court of Magistrates (Criminal Judicature) 2018 Malta / Court of Magistrates / Pulizija v Brandon Bonello Religion, Race/Ethnicity, Migrant status Muslims Case deals with accussations of incitment to racial hatred and misuse of communication techncology by the accussed by posting in a facebook group statements that were considered offensive. The complaint was brought by a Muslim Maltese Citizen who considered herself aggrieved by the post. Speaking about the complainant, the accused posted: “Tmur tihdu fox kemm anda … awnhekk edin pajjizna .. ahna religjon wihed biss … huma guests iridu jimxu al ligijiet tagna … ma jogobomx?? Fuck off back to… View more
    Malta Civil Court of Appeal (Inferior) 2017 Malta / Civil Court of Appeal (Inferior) / No. 328/2006 / Norman Lowell v Savior Balzan, Kurt Sansone and Matthew Vella Race/Ethnicity Muslims, Third country nationals The Court of Civil Appeal heard the appeal filed by Mr Norman Lowell who was suing three journalists working for the national newspaper MaltaToday for libel damages. During the night of the 12th and 13th of May 2006, unknown persons set fire to an independent journalist's residential home after she had written a number of articles against Mr Lowell. On that same night, Mr Lowell was holding a barbecue for his right-wing organization very close to where the arson was committed. Consequently… View more
    Malta Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Judicature 2016 Malta / Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Judicature, Police v. Eric Cuschieri, Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Judicature, Police v. Chris Pisani Race/Ethnicity Migrants In February 2015, a photo of an African man lying in a hospital bed at Mater Dei hospital was posted on the Facebook page entitled 'Daqshekk ghall-Immigrazzjoni Llegali f'Malta' ('No More Illegal Immigration to Malta'). Two men, Eric Cuschieri and Christopher Pisani, left disparaging comments on the post. Eric Cuschieri wrote the words 'burn him' while Pisani suggested that he would replace the man's saline drip with hydrochloric acid. The men were… View more
    Malta Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Judicature 2016 Malta / Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Judicature v. Vincent Debono 1/2016 Race/Ethnicity Refugees & asylum seekers In October 2015, a prison warden and former policeman, Vincent Debono, posted the comment 'I hope it's burning with them inside', below an article being shared on Facebook entitled '3rd refugee centre torched in Sweden in 6 days'. The article reported that a string of suspected arson attacks had hit three facilities intended to house asylum seekers in Sweden. View more
    Malta Criminal Court of Appeal 2013 Malta / Criminal Court of Appeal / 98/2011 / Judgement / Police vs Norman Lowell Race/Ethnicity Third country nationals Mr Norman Lowell had been convicted of inciting racial hatred.Throughout the year 2006, Mr Lowell had given a number of speeches in Malta wherein he made use of abusive words and threatening language, including towards the then President of Malta. He also uploaded an article written by himself which allegedly constituted racial hatred. In the speeches and the online article, Mr Lowell made use of terms such as 'vicious Sudanese', he referred to Jews as 'parasites' and… View more
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