Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Malta PM urged to open public enquiry into Caruana Galizia murder

15 October 2018, Valletta – We are in Malta as representatives of an international freedom of expression mission, comprised of the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, the International Press Institute, PEN International, and Reporters Without Borders, to raise our concerns about a lack of justice for the murder of […]

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One year after Daphne Caruana Galizia murder, a family fights for justice

It was around 3 p.m. on October 16, 2017, when Matthew Caruana Galizia, who was working at home, heard a loud blast. Because it sounded like the explosion had taken place close by, he popped out to see what had happened. What he saw was shocking. His mother’s car had been blown to smithereens, killing […]

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IJ4EU jury calls for full investigation into murder of Bulgarian reporter

The members of the independent IJ4EU jury, led by Süddeutsche Zeitung Editor-in-Chief Wolfgang Krach, today called on Bulgarian authorities to open a “comprehensive and transparent” investigation into the murder of journalist Victoria Marinova. Marinova’s last report for the broadcaster TVN, which aired on September 30, focused on revelations of corruption involving EU funds worth hundreds […]

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Slovakia arrests 8 in Kuciak murder investigation

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, publishers and leading journalists, today welcomed news that police in Slovaka have detained eight people in connection with the February murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová. However, IPI Deputy Director Scott Griffen emphaized that justice would only served when all those […]

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