Activist Eve Borg Bonello drops hate speech charges after apology

Teenage activist and president of the PN’s youth wing Team Start, Eve Borg Bonello, dropped her charges against two people who threatened her online after they apologised in court. Bonello claimed she received death and sexual violence threats after she spoke up for Joseph Muscat’s resignation in 2019.

The Courts of Justice have again upheld the principle that freedom of expression has red lines. It is not a carte…

Posted by Eve Borg Bonello on Friday, 5 March 2021

After her speech, Bonello, who was 16 at the time, claimed she was warned that her fate could be the same as Daphne Caruana Galizia. Of four people who were accused of hate speech, two appeared in court. With Paul Borg Olivier as Bonello’s lawyer, she emphasised her stance for freedom of speech, but took a stand against hate speech as not having a place in democratic society.

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