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LGBTIQ+ Coalition Questions Why EuroPride Attack Was Not Prosecuted As A Hate Crime
LGBTIQ+ Coalition Questions Why EuroPride Attack Was Not Prosecuted As A Hate Crime

LGBTIQ+ Coalition Questions Why EuroPride Attack Was Not Prosecuted As A Hate Crime

LGBTI+ Gozo and several members of Malta’s LGBTIQ+ Coalition have welcomed a recent court ruling relating to an attack that took place following EuroPride celebrations in Gozo three years ago, while raising concerns over how the case was handled by authorities. The case involved a group of LGBTIQ+ individuals who were threatened after entering a bar,

'This was a hate crime': activists ask why Pride attack was not treated as one

'This was a hate crime': activists ask why Pride attack was not treated as one

LGBTIQ+ organisations have welcomed a court’s finding that an assault following Gozo Pride celebrations was motivated by hatred, but warned that the case exposed “systemic gaps” in the way hate crimes are identified, charged and prosecuted. The statement followed a judgment in which 23-year-old Aaron Atzori, from Qala, was fined €1,000 after being