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Jun 10, 2020, 9 tweets

Join our next #RISJSeminar today at 14:00 UK time.

Investigative journalist @mcaruanagalizia will speak about holding power to account in an event chaired by @MeeraSelva1

📌 Register here
zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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2. @mcaruanagalizia is one of the sons of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia, the Maltese investigative journalist murdered in October 2017 theatlantic.com/international/…

3. Here's a short profile of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia, from the page of her foundation

"She was Malta’s first woman columnist, and the first to publish in her own name, at a time when Malta’s newsrooms were entirely staffed by men" daphne.foundation/en/daphne/biog…

4. @mcaruanagalizia has spoken extensively about the death of his mother. Here's an interview @guardian published in June 2019

“My mother was living in fear, but she was also focused on doing her work. She refused to give in to intimidation"
theguardian.com/world/2019/jun…

5. #DaphneCaruanaGalizia's case saw a spectacular judicial development in November with the arrest of the main suspect and alleged sponsor of the crime, the wealthy businessman Yorgen Fenech euronews.com/2020/02/07/mal…

6. "Fenech accused Keith Schembri, the chief of staff of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, of being the one who ordered the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia"

This piece, published in February, is a good summary of the case
euronews.com/2020/02/07/mal…

7. After her death, Daphne's colleagues created the Daphne Project through @FbdnStories. Here's an assessment of the project 1 year after its launch

"Forbidden Stories gathered 45 journalists from 15 countries to pick up Daphne’s work where she left it"
forbiddenstories.org/case/the-daphn…

8. Here you can watch @mcaruanagalizia speaking with @mariocalabresi during the 2019 @journalismfest in Perugia. journalismfestival.com/programme/2019…

9. Join our next #RISJSeminar today at 14:00 UK time with journalist @mcaruanagalizia. He will speak about holding power to account in an event chaired by @MeeraSelva1

📌 Register here
zoom.us/meeting/regist

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