A jury in Malta on Wednesday acquitted the Maltese businessman accused by prosecutors of being the mastermind behind the 2017 car bomb killing of crusading investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, sparking renewed calls for accountability in the Mediterranean island nation. Caruana Galizia’s killing shocked Europe, led to protests that toppled a prime minister and exposed […]
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Italy police say businessman with ties to Berlusconi is mastermind behind journalist bomb attack
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A businessman who had ties to former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is the alleged mastermind behind an October bomb attack against one of the country’s leading investigative journalists, police said on Monday. Rome’s Carabinieri police said they arrested Valter Lavitola for allegedly ordering the attack outside journalist Sigfrido Ranucci’s house last year. The two men […]
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Journalist targeted by Iran reacts to U.K.’s crackdown on IRGC: “The happiest day of my life since I was stabbed”
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When British Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati first heard of the U.K.’s formal plans to ban support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps early this week, it gave him a sense of relief he had not felt in years. It was “the happiest day of my life since I was stabbed,” he said. Zeraati’s primary concern […]
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A Mexican journalist who specialized in security issues was murdered Thursday in a drive-by shooting in the central state of Puebla where he worked, the local government announced. Josue Martinez was the director of Noticias San Martin Texmelucan, covering security and major events in his area, the journalists’ advocacy group Article 19 said, calling for […]