Acquittal in Caruana Galizia Murder Trial Sparks Outrage in Malta

Supreme Court corruption scandal rocks Brazil

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, September 3: There's outrage in Malta after a tycoon was found not guilty of masterminding the murder of high-profile investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. In Brazil, a Supreme Court justice who was pivotal in sentencing former President Jair Bolsonaro to prison is implicated in a corruption scandal of his own. Plus conservationists marvel after a mating frenzy of the endangered kakapo – a flightless, nocturnal parrot native to New Zealand.

By Dheepthika LAURENT

Outrage as Maltese tycoon cleared of murdering journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Yorgen Fenech was found not guilty of orchestrating the 2017 murder of the investigative journalist in Malta

By Chris Scicluna and Alvise Armellini

Malta government seeks to calm tensions after acquittal in journalist murder trial

Malta’s government has urged calm after the acquittal of a businessman accused of commissioning the 2017 murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The verdict, delivered late on Wednesday, has angered the victim’s family, and drawn criticism from press freedom group Reporters Without Borders, which said it was “beyond outraged” by the acquittal. Prime Minister […]

Outrage after Maltese tycoon acquitted of ordering killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Dubbed a ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’, Caruana Galizia had exposed corruption at the highest level in the country.