Malta: Intensification of pressure against The Shift after founder was awarded RSF press freedom award

NewsIn the lead to up to the second anniversary of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination where the Maltese government’s failure to deliver justice is in focus, Reporters Without Borders condemns the intensification of threats against independent news outlets and in particular the one led by a journalist who was recently awarded with RSF press freedom award for independence.The latest report registered by press freedom watchdogs on 5 October 2019 refers to an attack from a member of the communications staff at the Office of the Prime Minister in Malta, Josef Caruana,

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