Checks and balances? Peter Omtzigt’s report on the situation in Malta
by Renata Rat
October 16, 2017: A car bomb explodes and kills Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Daphne was one of Malta’s most famous journalists and did significant investigations on corruption and abuse of power among Maltese politicians and public officials. The public outcry around Europe was enormous. Nevertheless, on 19 January 2018 - three months after the brutal assassination - the Partner Organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the safety of journalists issued a statement in which they noted that it does not seem like the Maltese authorities have identified the people responsible for the…