24 September 2000
© Allied Newspapers Ltd. 2000, Photo by Darrin J. Zammit Lupi
A Police officer uses a strangle hold as he attempts to drag a Greenpeace activist away from the entrance to the Presidential Palace which also houses parliament in Valletta on September 19. They were protesting against successive governments' failure to take effective action to resolve the urgent waste management problems on the island. Parliament was in session at the time of the protest. Several activists were manhandled by police and arrested.
Malta - 2000
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© Darrin J. Zammit Lupi 2000