# What does acquittal in the Daphne Caruana Galizia case mean for journalists?

https://mins.news/en/video/45424

- France 24 English, 2026-09-04 13:08 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCTzHRyBNdg

> FRANCE 24’s media programme Scoop examines the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia after Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was acquitted of involvement, prompting fury from press freedom groups. Caruana Galizia, a fierce government critic dubbed a “one-woman WikiLeaks”, was killed in a 2017 car-bomb attack.

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