Activists at 2025 protest Freedom Square for the World AIDS Day Rally: Silence = Death organised by Checkpoint Malta with the collaboration of MGRM, Graffiti, Allied Rainbow Communities, LGBTI+ Gozo, Aditus and Drachma. All photos by Jackie Roberts. A year ago we gathered in Valletta to remember those lost to the AIDS epidemic - those forced into silence, isolation, and invisibility by stigma and discrimination. We honoured their lives, reaffirmed our commitment to PLHIV, and