The prisons must serve society. It is senseless that people continue to be sent to the prisons only to leave them worse than when they entered them. This squanders public funds to the detriment of the public’s same interests. The prisons must be places of therapy where inmates, especially the young, may heal from the […]
November 2, 2001 Meeting on Home Leave St James Chavalier, Valletta “Home Leave” was a proposal Mid-Dlam ghad-Dawl made to the government for regular familial visits of prisoners to their families. The public meeting concentrated on this proposal. For active participation at the meeting, Mid-Dlam ghad-Dawl had invited the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Tonio […]
April 21, 2001 Meeting on the Families of Prisoners Workers’ Memorial Building, Valletta All the other public meetings were organised in the evening. This meeting was the only one held in the morning, and on a Saturday. This was intended to entice the general public to attend the meeting, which it did indeed. For that […]
October 20, 2000 Meeting with H.E. Prof. Guido de Marco President of the Republic Metropole Hotel, Sliema This meeting was somewhat disappointing. Unfortunately, though thoroughly prepared and organised, H.E. the President of the Republic was late in coming to the venue and early in leaving. Incidentally, the President left rather apruptly due to the fact […]
May 21, 1999 Meeting with the Hon. Dr Tonio Borg Minister of Home Affairs On the Conditions of the Arrested Dar it-Tama, Cospicua For this meeting, Mid-Dlam had invited the Prime Minister, Dr Edward Fenech Adami. However, the PM preferred that the meeting should take place with the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Tonio Borg, […]
December 18, 1998 Meeting on Equality and Justice Workers’ Memorial Building, Valletta In collaboration with the Malta John XXIII Peace Lab This meeting was held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s historical visit to the Regina Coeli prisons of Rome on December 26, 1958, a couple of weeks after his ascension to […]
June 12, 1998 Meeting with the Hon. Dr Alfred Sant Prime Minister of Malta and Minister of Home Affairs Grands Hotel Les Lapins, Tax-Xbiex This was the second public meeting with Dr Sant in his capacity as Prim Minister of Malta and the Minister responsible for Home Affairs. Politically, it was a very turbulent time […]
May 8, 1998 Meeting on Victims and Crime Preluna Hotel, Sliema In collaboration with Guzè Ellul Mercer (G.E.M.) Foundation This join effort between Mid-Dlam ghad-Dawl and the Guzè Ellul Mercer Foundation was a huge success, particularly due to the large attendence of the general public. The meeting was built around the viewing of the film […]
March 7, 1997 Meeting with the Hon. Dr Alfred Sant Prime Minister of Malta and Minister of Home Affairs Eden Beach Hotel, St George’s When this meeting was held, roughly a year after the first one, Dr Edward Fenech Adami and Dr Alfred Sant exchanged their official position. The former became Leader of the Opposition, […]
February 23, 1996 Meeting with the Hon. Dr Edward Fenech Adami Prime Minister of Malta Eden Beach Hotel, St George’s You may realise that this public meeting was held just a few months after the establishment of Mid-Dlam ghad-Dawl, a meeting that crowned the pioneering work done at the beginning of our experience. This meeting, […]
