The Death of a Journalist
Assassinated writer Daphne Caruana Galizia was a victim of the offshore economy she defended in life.
Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta, pictured at a Royal Commonwealth Society event in London on July 21, 2014, is now under pressure from his political opponents to resign in the wake of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination.Prime Minister of Malta / Flickr
The assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia drew the attention of both the local and international media.
Most reporters connected the murder to her work, though they highlighted different aspects of it. The BBC, Economist, Guardian, and Washington Post recognized the global significance of her reporting, agreeing with Politico‘s description of the journalist as “a one-woman WikiLeaks, crusading against untransparency, and corruption.”
La Repubblica and Zeit Online echoed this line, pointing out that the murder could have been orchestrated by organized crime, which has established links in Malta. Local newspapers described the assassination as “an attack on freedom of expression” and implied that Malta’s political class had a direct interest in silencing the journalist.
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