I mark every big event in this countdown. And today was the day that Malta felt like it had become exactly like the country that it's government has been happily befriending for a number of years: Azerbaijan. Maybe it's even worse. A murdered journalist. A shocked country. This doesn't happen in Malta. There was one word for today: Daphne.
She covered a lot in her thoroughly investigative journalism but she did not like football, was not at all interested. I even tried to get an argument go that way a few times, but, no, there was no engagement. I understand football like she understood many other things, so hence my connection below.
But she believed in justice. It was the search for justice that may have been the cause for today's tragic event. And now the whole (maybe most) of Malta hope that there is justice for what happened today.
And my mind wandered to one of the most passionate fights for justice that I lived through. It's possibly a spurious comparison, but it's the passion of the campaign for justice for the memory of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster that stuck in my mind. This video may seem irrelevant now because since then the Justice For the 96 did happen, but the moment that signified how much it meant to the relatives, friends and survivors was a recurring memory today.
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