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Divorce: A bullet in the heart

Sunday, 15 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

“This [Britain] is a largely secular, multi-cultural country in which the laws of the realm do not include Christianity. ...

The Freedoms of speech and association

Friday, 13 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The referendum of 28 May will determine whether we shall all have divorce added as a civil right. However, I feel that in this referendum campaign there are those who are ignoring that we have human rights also...

Procedural Rights in criminal proceedings

Friday, 13 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

People in Europe facing criminal proceedings outside of their country of residence are faced with language problems if they are not acquainted with the language of the country where they are being prosecuted...

Secularism To the rescue of the Arab Spring

Thursday, 12 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Spring has come early this year to the Arab world. Climate change has awakened the once comatose Middle East from the stupor of singular leaderships. A new dawn of democracy and freedom is sprouting from Morocco to Oman. Or so we are told...

Stupider And stupider

Thursday, 12 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The divorce campaign, with its attendant stupidities, has become so tedious that the referendum will have the effect of lancing a wound – at least for as long as it ...

Can Doctors see family members?

Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Can a doctor see a member of his or her own family? This question is especially pertinent to the local family doctor. It is all the more pertinent when we introduce ...

Using Children as a weapon in the divorce debate

Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

What is it about the Maltese Church and the anti-divorce movement, Żwieġ bla Divorzju, that causes them to use children as weapons in the battle to win votes in the forthcoming referendum to introduce remarriage after legal separation?...

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