Malta: anti-corruption activist defies online hate campaign
By Emil Weber
Maltese anti-corruption activist, Tina Urso, feels she has been targeted by a government- backed name-and-shame online campaign in recent months. She, her lawyer and media and human rights activists criticise the authorities responsible for investigating the threats.
Tina Urso (photo: private)
Urso is a member of the voluntary, grassroots group Il-Kenniesa active in raising anti-corruption awareness. "We started with Il-Kenniesa in June 2017 when the Government did not remove the ministers who were mentioned for wrongdoing in the 'Panama papers',” Urso told the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF).
Following a snap election in May 2017, the Labour…
