Daphne Caruana Galizia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Daphne Caruana Galizia

Maltese journalist and blogger

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1964

Place of Birth: Sliema, Northern Harbour District, Malta

Date of Death: 16-Oct-2017

Profession: chronicler, blogger, activist, investigative reporter

Nationality: Malta

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Daphne Caruana Galizia

  • Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia (née Vella; 26 August 1964 – 16 October 2017) was a Maltese journalist, writer, and anti-corruption activist, who reported on political events in Malta.
  • In particular, she focused on investigative journalism, reporting on government corruption, nepotism, patronage, allegations of money laundering, links between Malta's online gambling industry and organized crime, Malta's citizenship-by-investment scheme, and payments from the government of Azerbaijan.
  • Caruana Galizia's national and international reputation was built on her regular reporting of misconduct by Maltese politicians and politically exposed persons.Caruana Galizia refused to give up on her reporting for decades, despite intimidation and threats, libel suits and other lawsuits.
  • Caruana Galizia was arrested by the Malta Police Force on two occasions.
  • Caruana Galizia's investigations were published via her personal blog Running Commentary, which she set up in 2008.
  • She was a regular columnist with The Sunday Times of Malta and later The Malta Independent.
  • Her blog consisted of investigative reporting and commentary, some of which was regarded as personal attacks on individuals, leading to a series of legal battles.
  • In 2016 and 2017 she revealed controversially sensitive information and allegations relating to a number of Maltese politicians and the Panama Papers scandal.On 16 October 2017, Caruana Galizia was assassinated close to her home when a car bomb was detonated inside her vehicle, attracting widespread local and international condemnation of the attack.
  • In December 2017, three men were arrested in connection with the car bomb attack.
  • In April 2018, a consortium of 45 international journalists published The Daphne Project, a collaboration to complete her investigative work.The GUE/NGL Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers & Defenders of the Right to Information was established in 2018 in honour of Galizia.
  • Police arrested Yorgen Fenech, the owner of the Dubai-based company 17 Black, on his yacht on 20 November 2019 in connection with her murder.After that in Valletta and other urban centres mass protests called for the resignation of the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced on 1 December 2019 that he would resign in relation to the political crisis, saying that he would remain in office until a new Labour party leader was elected in January, and formally resign as prime minister a few days after 12 January 2020.

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