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POSTIJIET TA' TRAINEE LAWYER FL-UFFIĊĊJU TAL-AVUKAT ĠENERALI (Jobsplus Vacancy No. 387556, Permit Nos. 429/2022) Rape victim: but I can portray WHEN Emma was raped last April, she quickly called a local helpline and explained what hap- pened. The call operator man- aged to convince her to call the police, after which an ambulance came to take her to hospital, ac- companied by a police officer who was with her throughout the hospital experience. "It's a terrible experience," Emma told MaltaToday. "You leave pieces of your- self throughout the hospital. There's no one place that you go to and get sorted. You have to go around the hospital leav- ing pieces of evidence from the case. You go to the gynaecolo- gist, then you visit a psychia- trist... there were lot of places I had to go through." Emma filed a report on 8 April 2022. A year later, police investigations are still ongoing, as is a magisterial inquiry. Mal- taToday contacted the police to try and understand what has come of the police report, but their response was the stand- ard reply that it's "not prudent to divulge further information at this stage". Emma was living alone when a Mount Carmel carer allegedly visited her at home and raped her. "I used to live alone, but I don't anymore. It was very ear- ly in the morning, so I didn't call anyone at first." She said the first person she called after the crime was the HR manager of her workplace to inform her that she will be in hospital that day. She slowly told her loved ones what hap- pened as the day progressed, starting from her fiancé and then messaging her friends on Messenger. Her family did not know about the incident until three months later. The perpetrator, according to Emma, was working at Mount Carmel and was assigned to care for her. When Emma was admitted into Mount Carmel for a second time, he sent her a friend request. He started to message her everyday asking how she was doing. "No red flags," Emma said. She eventually opened up to him about some wounds in her leg. He insisted on check- ing up on them out of concern and to make sure they weren't serious. "I didn't think they were se- rious, but he suggested that he comes over to check on them. I initially said no. When I did this, he said I was rejecting his help, insisting that he helps people for a living." A day later, he asked again whether he can come over to tend to her wounds. "I felt like I had to say yes, he made me feel guilty for not accepting help." When he went to her house, they started to chat, and she made him a cup of coffee. As she sat on the sofa, he grabbed a chair and sat next to her. He began cleaning her wounds, as is procedure. "At that moment I broke down and started crying," she said. "He came onto the sofa next to me and started to con- sole me. He put my head on his chest, put his hand around me, but I pushed him back." As she started to fall asleep, the carer put her to bed. She It's been a year since 24-year-old Emma Attard was raped by a Mount Carmel carer, but no one's been charged and investigations are still ongoing. She speaks to NICOLE MEILAK MATTHEW VELLA EL Hiblu 3 campaign demands justice for Abdal- la, Kader and Amara, accused of commandeering vessel that rescued asylum seekers fleeing Libya. Activists marked the fourth year of charges filed against three young men, asylum seekers who were rescued by the El Hiblu container ship, who are fighting accusations of terror by the Maltese gov- ernment. The three young men – Abdalla, Kader and Ama- ra – known as the El Hiblu 3, were accused of com- mandeering the ship that had rescued them, when they were in effect attempting to prevent the cap- tain from sending them back to Libya, where they feared persecution and torture. International law forbids the 'refoulement' of asy- lum seekers back to the countries they are fleeing from, without being granted a legal right to apply for international protection. "We must demand that the charges against these young men be dropped immediately. We must demand justice for them and for all those who are being persecuted for standing up for human rights. We cannot let this injustice continue," said Regine Psaila, from the African Media Association, joined by Moviment Graffitti and academic Cetta Main- waring for the Free the El Hiblu 3 Campaign. "We must stand up against any practices that vio- late these rights. Pushback at sea is a clear violation of international law, and those who try to uphold it should be held accountable, not those who resist it. "We cannot allow this injustice to go unnoticed. We must demand that the Maltese government take action to ensure that the rights of all people are respected, and that those who try to uphold them are not punished for it." The activists insist that, as evidenced in court, in the days before they arrived in Malta, they were on a sinking rubber boat in the Mediterranean. After being rescued by an oil tanker, the El Hiblu, they acted as translators and mediators between a scared crew and scared passengers. When the tanker attempted to return them to Libya – people were terrified and threatened to jump overboard rather than be returned to the vi- olence they had just fled in Libya. In this moment, the crew asked the El Hiblu 3 to help restore calm. "That the charges against them are unjust could not be clearer. These three young men should be free to live dignified lives," said Dr Cetta Mainwar- ing. "Together, here, we celebrate the bravery that Amara, Abdalla and Kader showed at sea and in Malta. Together, here we demand that the Attor- ney General drops the unjust charges against the EL HIblu 3." Despite the terrorism charges, the three men re- main in Malta, where they have built themselve a life, apart from studying to secure a profession. "They try to work, to make ends meet," said Psaila. "Today, Abdalla is the father of a lovely girl who was born three years ago in a refugee centre here in Malta. She still lives in a centre with her parents. That centre is the only family environment that she had known, since she came into this world. It is happening here in Europe." Four years since El Hiblu rescue, activists demand charges be dropped