The Migrants Commission, JRS Malta and the Justice and Peace Commission have urged the authorities to drop the charges brought against three youths who are being prosecuted for terrorism. The rescue was coordinated by an EU naval operation that ordered the ship to take the rescued persons back to Libya. This led migrants to protest their return to Libya and the ship was eventually allowed to dock in Malta – two years on 28 March 2019. Upon landing in Malta, the three youths who had acted as translators for the crew were charged with terrorism and hijack of the vessel. “So, on the second anniversary of their arrival in Malta, we remind the government of the advice of the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, to reconsider these disproportionate terrorism charges.

Source: Libya Today March 27, 2021 10:52 UTC