A Labour peer has warned that Malta remains exposed to systemic corruption and threats to press freedom unless urgent reforms are made, during the launch of a Council of Europe inquiry into judicial failures linked to the 2017 assassination of an investigative journalist. The investigation, led by a former human rights director, will examine the aftermath of the bombing and whether legal protections for journalists have been properly enforced. Critics argue that without stronger rule of law measures, the country’s vulnerability to high-level corruption persists. The inquiry follows ongoing scrutiny of Malta’s handling of the case and broader concerns over press safety.
Labour peer tells Council of Europe inquiry failure to implement legal protections still putting journalists at riskEurope live – latest updatesMalta is vulnerable to “repeated instances of high-level corruption” unless it strengthens the rule of law and protections for journalists, the Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti said at the opening of an inquiry into judicial failures following the death of Daphne Caruana Galizia.Chakrabarti, a member of the House of Lords and former director of the human rights group Liberty, has been named special rapporteur for a Council of Europe investigation into the fallout from the assassination of the anti-corruption journalist, who died in a car bombing in October 2017. Continue reading...
