The Women’s Rights Foundation’s observatory on femicide has called on the Maltese judiciary to ensure continuous ongoing training and sensitivity to the harmful attitudes and negative impact of gender stereotyping. 52-year-old Ismael Habesh from Libya and 55-year-old Faical Mahouachi from Tunisia were indicted for Grech’s murder in 2005. Grech’s body had been found, dumped in a field after she was stabbed 17 times. Prosecutors were forced to admit an embarrassing error and withdraw two heads of the indictment, as the trial of two men accused of the murder of Sion Grech reached its closing stages. The heads of indictment in question had referred to offences under the Arms Act, which had been introduced to replace the Arms Ordinance in August 2005, four months after Grech’s murder.

Source: Libya Today January 25, 2023 07:29 UTC