Prosecution legal team: Omar Zammit and Christa Armeni

Defense legal team: Cedric Mifsud, Malcolm Mifsud, Gianluca Cappitta (Mifsud&Mifsud) as well as Neil Falzon and Carla Camilleri (Aditus)

22.01.2025 - upcoming Hearing Decision on Appeal on the matter of Malta having jurisdiction over alleged crimes or not. 06.11.2024 - Hearing The Court of Criminal Appeals hears appeals presented by Cedric Mifsud (defence) and the Attorney General. 30.05.2024 - Hearing The Criminal Court decides that terrorism is a “continuous act” and that the argument that the case took place outside Malta’s jurisdiction does not hold. The defence team appeals. 13.03.2024 - Hearing The Criminal Court starts hearing the lawyers’ submissions contesting the Bill of Indictment. Lawyers argue that this case is out of Malta’s jurisdiction and that therefore the case should be dismissed. 06.11.2023 – Bill of indictment against Abdalla, Amara and Kader is filed. The preliminary charges are replicated in full after almost five years. 12.09.2023 – Hearing The prosecution requests another deferral as some case files apparently need transscription 24.05.2023 – Hearing Magistrate Nadine Lia explains that the AGs office demanded more time to file the bill of indictment 09.03.2023 – Hearing The magistrate confirms the prosecution is resting its case 02.02.2023 – Hearing The magistrate confirms the prosecution is resting its case 02.02.2023 – Hearing The magistrate confirms the prosecution is resting its case 22.11.2022 – Hearing The magistrate confirms the prosecution is resting its case 15.09.2022 – Hearing Court expert reads from his 3.5 year old report about the track of the El Hiblu 1 23.05.2022 + 26.05.2022 – Hearing Prosecution declares resting its case 12.04.2022 – Hearing A court appointed IT expert speaks about the cameras on board the El Hiblu 1 tanker 15.03.2022 – Hearing Survivors continue to give testimonies 10.03.2022 – Hearing postponed 08.02.2022 – A witness was summoned to testify in the ElHiblu3 case. Based on his testimony he was threatened to being held in contempt with the court and remanding him in costody. 03.02.2022 – Two witnesses testified. Confirming that the accused “did not panic, but were calming people.” 18.11.2021 – Court cannot locate all witnesses 11.11.2021 – Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers' representative confirms that the prosecution hadn't reached out to locate survivors from the ElHiblu rescue before September 2021 13.10.2021 – Witness fined for contempt 30.03.2019 – Introduction of charges, including terrorism Initial bail request for the three denied 28.03.2019 – Arrest of the El Hiblu 3 07.10.2021 – Hearing 24.06.2021 – Judge threatens 'measures' as witness expresses discomfort 25.05.2021 – Hearing 21.05.2021 – Two of seven planned witnesses are heard 15.04.2021 – Hearing postponed 04.03.2021 – First Eye Witness from the El Hiblu was heard in court 19.11.2020 – Hearing 30.07.2020 – Hearing 25.06.2020 – Hearing 01.04.2020 – Hearing 06.01.2020 – Hearing 20.11.2019 – El Hiblu 3 are let out of jail on strict bail conditions 15.11.2019 – Bail granted 12.11.2019 – Bail hearing, decision made ‘in camera’ 07.11.2019 – Bail hearing, decision adjourned to 12.11.19 31.10.2019 – Bail request for the two minors Amara and Kader 30.10.2019 – Hearing adjourned for missing documents 29.10.2019 – Bail request for 19 year old Abdalla 24.10.2019 – Hearing adjourned to 30 October 12.09.2019 – Prison authorities reject request for interpreters provided by defense 24.06.2019 – Attorney requests independent age assessment 09.04.2019 – Submission of prosecution and defense