The El Hiblu 3, as the youths Abdalla, Amara and Kader are known, had to endure four and a half years of unjust trial and treatment.
Unjust, because none of the evidence presented in court indicate that they have committed any crime. Because they are young people who deserve support and not the violation of their fundamental rights. Because they helped defuse a tense situation on a ship with 100 children, women and men which could have ended in people jumping overboard to certain death. Not to mention that they were fleeing from the hell that Libya is for migrants, that is, from certain imprisonment, torture, slavery or death.
That makes them heroes, not villains.
All this notwithstanding, Malta’s Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg has decided to issue a Bill of Indictment against the three youths. A bill that wrongfully accuses them of having committed severe crimes and that, if found guilty, could mean life in prison for them.
Kopin stands united with many Maltese and international institutions and individuals in firmly telling the Attorney General – You are wrong. Your decision is wrong. It is the opposite of justice. It is strong with the weak.
Kopin stands in solidarity with the El Hiblu 3.
Free the El Hiblu 3!
