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On the same day the police arrested the first of two men being accused of a migrant’s murder, Chief Justice Emeritus Vincent De Gaetano was speaking to university students in Belarus on ‘Hate crimes as a form of discrimination’. Francesco Fenech, 21, oExplosive nature of hate crimes
On the same day the police arrested the first of two men being accused of a migrant’s murder, Chief Justice Emeritus Vincent De Gaetano was speaking to university students in Belarus on ‘Hate crimes as a form of discrimination’. Francesco Fenech, 21, of Marsascala, and Loris Scicluna, 22, of Paola, both members of the Armed Forces of Malta, were specifically charged with Lassine Cisse Souleymane’s murder and the attempted murder of two other migrants on grounds of their skin colour and race. Dr De Gaetano, who also sits on the European Court of Human Rights, pointed out to his audience a characteristic feature of hate crimes, which the Maltese authorities, in particular, but also the people in general should note if they do not want things to escalate. It bears quoting him verbatim: “The... impact of (hate crimes) extends beyond the immediate victim or victims. It tends to affect the whole group with which that particular victim identifies himself or herself and can cause social division between the ‘victim group’ and society at large. It, thus, poses a particular danger to society beyond that which generally stems from an ordinary crime or act of violence. “People within any... Read more