The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
@daphne.foundation
Light after darkness 16/11/2017
www.daphne.foundation is a non-profit fighting for truth & justice. We started @PILN.bsky.social to support public interest litigation & @amphoramedia.bsky.social to make investigative journalism more dynamic & resilient.
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Truth and Justice
We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation created by the family of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
www.daphne.foundation
Welcome to our new followers. We're still over on the other side @daphnefdtn but we'll be here too from now on.
Who we are and what we do - find out here 👇
www.daphne.foundation/en/
Who we are and what we do - find out here 👇
www.daphne.foundation/en/
#Malta: RSF hails yesterday’s appeal verdict upholding the life sentences of Robert Agius and Jamie Vella, convicted of supplying the bomb used to kill journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. Justice must run its full course, including the conviction of the mastermind.
Malta: after a new conviction for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, RSF calls for full justice and strong measures to protect journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Maltese authorities to ramp up efforts toward convicting the mastermind and to implement the press freedom recommendations resulting from the public inquiry t...
rsf.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
*NEW* Bomb suppliers Jamie Vella and Robert Agius (ta’ Maksar) have lost their attempt to overturn their convictions and life sentences for #DaphneCaruanaGalizia assassination. The court has rejected their appeal.
1️⃣ Bomb suppliers Robert Agius and Jamie Vella have been found guilty on multiple charges related to the car bomb assassination of Daphne Caruana Galiza on 16 October 2017. The jury delivered its verdict this evening in Valletta after a day of deliberation. #DaphneCaruanaGalizia
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
*NEW* Bomb suppliers Jamie Vella and Robert Agius (ta’ Maksar) have lost their attempt to overturn their convictions and life sentences for #DaphneCaruanaGalizia assassination. The court has rejected their appeal.
🧵 ① Our core mission remains full justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia, both for her assassination and for her investigations. In 2025, there was some progress but full justice remains elusive. #DaphneCaruanaGalizia
December 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🧵 ① Our core mission remains full justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia, both for her assassination and for her investigations. In 2025, there was some progress but full justice remains elusive. #DaphneCaruanaGalizia
Together with 160+ other organisations, we're calling on governments to commit to integrity in funding political parties and candidates.
Read the letter to #CoSP11 participants
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Read the letter to #CoSP11 participants
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December 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Together with 160+ other organisations, we're calling on governments to commit to integrity in funding political parties and candidates.
Read the letter to #CoSP11 participants
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Read the letter to #CoSP11 participants
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#AntiCorruptionDay Corruption erodes institutions, damages democracy, distorts markets, endangers lives, & encourages organised crime. Malta signed & ratified #UNCAC. Action on transparency, accountability, & reforms is urgent. Corruption kills. Change can’t wait.
Image: Pippa Zammit Cutajar
Image: Pippa Zammit Cutajar
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#AntiCorruptionDay Corruption erodes institutions, damages democracy, distorts markets, endangers lives, & encourages organised crime. Malta signed & ratified #UNCAC. Action on transparency, accountability, & reforms is urgent. Corruption kills. Change can’t wait.
Image: Pippa Zammit Cutajar
Image: Pippa Zammit Cutajar
BLUE SKY
🏆 #EPPYAwards w/ @OCCRP.org Time of Malta & @BostonGlobe.com
3rd in
• Best Collaborative Investigative / Enterprise Reporting
• Best Investigative / Enterprise Video
🔗 Read The Steward Files www.occrp.org/en/project/t...
#InvestigativeJournalism #EPPYAwards #Collaboration #PublicInterest
🏆 #EPPYAwards w/ @OCCRP.org Time of Malta & @BostonGlobe.com
3rd in
• Best Collaborative Investigative / Enterprise Reporting
• Best Investigative / Enterprise Video
🔗 Read The Steward Files www.occrp.org/en/project/t...
#InvestigativeJournalism #EPPYAwards #Collaboration #PublicInterest
The Steward Files
At its height, Steward Health Care ran more than 30 private hospitals across the U.S. helmed by an ambitious CEO who touted a vision of high-quality cost-effective medical services. But as Steward exp...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
BLUE SKY
🏆 #EPPYAwards w/ @OCCRP.org Time of Malta & @BostonGlobe.com
3rd in
• Best Collaborative Investigative / Enterprise Reporting
• Best Investigative / Enterprise Video
🔗 Read The Steward Files www.occrp.org/en/project/t...
#InvestigativeJournalism #EPPYAwards #Collaboration #PublicInterest
🏆 #EPPYAwards w/ @OCCRP.org Time of Malta & @BostonGlobe.com
3rd in
• Best Collaborative Investigative / Enterprise Reporting
• Best Investigative / Enterprise Video
🔗 Read The Steward Files www.occrp.org/en/project/t...
#InvestigativeJournalism #EPPYAwards #Collaboration #PublicInterest
🚨 Malta, it’s time for real media reform.
We’ve submitted our response to the public consultation, part of our fight for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia and strong media freedom.
Read our full response 🔗
www.daphne.foundation/documents/su...
We’ve submitted our response to the public consultation, part of our fight for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia and strong media freedom.
Read our full response 🔗
www.daphne.foundation/documents/su...
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
🚨 Malta, it’s time for real media reform.
We’ve submitted our response to the public consultation, part of our fight for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia and strong media freedom.
Read our full response 🔗
www.daphne.foundation/documents/su...
We’ve submitted our response to the public consultation, part of our fight for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia and strong media freedom.
Read our full response 🔗
www.daphne.foundation/documents/su...
Today is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.
We’ll get there, Daphne.
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #EndImpunity
We’ll get there, Daphne.
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #EndImpunity
November 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.
We’ll get there, Daphne.
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #EndImpunity
We’ll get there, Daphne.
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #EndImpunity
❗ Nearly half of Malta’s homicide cases from 2010–2020 remain pending, some for >13 years.
⚠️ In 7 cases, the accused:
– absconded
– passed away
– or was deemed unfit to stand trial.
📄 Our report: tinyurl.com/5bnrhhht
#JusticeAtRisk #Malta #JusticeDelayed #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights
⚠️ In 7 cases, the accused:
– absconded
– passed away
– or was deemed unfit to stand trial.
📄 Our report: tinyurl.com/5bnrhhht
#JusticeAtRisk #Malta #JusticeDelayed #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
❗ Nearly half of Malta’s homicide cases from 2010–2020 remain pending, some for >13 years.
⚠️ In 7 cases, the accused:
– absconded
– passed away
– or was deemed unfit to stand trial.
📄 Our report: tinyurl.com/5bnrhhht
#JusticeAtRisk #Malta #JusticeDelayed #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights
⚠️ In 7 cases, the accused:
– absconded
– passed away
– or was deemed unfit to stand trial.
📄 Our report: tinyurl.com/5bnrhhht
#JusticeAtRisk #Malta #JusticeDelayed #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights
⏳ In Malta, trial-by-jury cases take 3+ years to start after indictment — even for guilty pleas.
Our Justice at Risk report calls for action:
⚖️ More court staff
⚙️ Faster procedures
💻 Smarter tech use
📄 www.daphne.foundation/documents/re...
#JusticeDelayed
Our Justice at Risk report calls for action:
⚖️ More court staff
⚙️ Faster procedures
💻 Smarter tech use
📄 www.daphne.foundation/documents/re...
#JusticeDelayed
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
⏳ In Malta, trial-by-jury cases take 3+ years to start after indictment — even for guilty pleas.
Our Justice at Risk report calls for action:
⚖️ More court staff
⚙️ Faster procedures
💻 Smarter tech use
📄 www.daphne.foundation/documents/re...
#JusticeDelayed
Our Justice at Risk report calls for action:
⚖️ More court staff
⚙️ Faster procedures
💻 Smarter tech use
📄 www.daphne.foundation/documents/re...
#JusticeDelayed
❓ Malta averages 6 wilful homicides a year, but only 1.5 cases are concluded annually in court. The backlog keeps growing, delaying justice.
⚖️ Our latest report calls for more court staff, streamlined processes, and better tech use.
📘 Read the full report: tinyurl.com/474aachw
#RuleOfLaw #Malta
⚖️ Our latest report calls for more court staff, streamlined processes, and better tech use.
📘 Read the full report: tinyurl.com/474aachw
#RuleOfLaw #Malta
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
❓ Malta averages 6 wilful homicides a year, but only 1.5 cases are concluded annually in court. The backlog keeps growing, delaying justice.
⚖️ Our latest report calls for more court staff, streamlined processes, and better tech use.
📘 Read the full report: tinyurl.com/474aachw
#RuleOfLaw #Malta
⚖️ Our latest report calls for more court staff, streamlined processes, and better tech use.
📘 Read the full report: tinyurl.com/474aachw
#RuleOfLaw #Malta
⚖️ Our new report exposes serious delays in Malta’s justice system.
🧾 46% of wilful homicide cases (2010–2020) still pending
⏳ Avg. 3 years from indictment to trial
📉 Only 1.5 cases concluded per year
📘 Read more: www.daphne.foundation/documents/re...
#JusticeDelayed #Malta #RuleOfLaw
🧾 46% of wilful homicide cases (2010–2020) still pending
⏳ Avg. 3 years from indictment to trial
📉 Only 1.5 cases concluded per year
📘 Read more: www.daphne.foundation/documents/re...
#JusticeDelayed #Malta #RuleOfLaw
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
⚖️ Our new report exposes serious delays in Malta’s justice system.
🧾 46% of wilful homicide cases (2010–2020) still pending
⏳ Avg. 3 years from indictment to trial
📉 Only 1.5 cases concluded per year
📘 Read more: www.daphne.foundation/documents/re...
#JusticeDelayed #Malta #RuleOfLaw
🧾 46% of wilful homicide cases (2010–2020) still pending
⏳ Avg. 3 years from indictment to trial
📉 Only 1.5 cases concluded per year
📘 Read more: www.daphne.foundation/documents/re...
#JusticeDelayed #Malta #RuleOfLaw
🕯️ Today, 21 Oct, @europarl.europa.eu honours Daphne Caruana Galizia with the 2025 #DCGPrize for Journalism.
📢 The winner will be announced at 18:00 CET in Strasbourg.
📺 Watch live: tinyurl.com/yy5axn4c
➡️ Meet the finalists daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025/
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #PressFreedom
📢 The winner will be announced at 18:00 CET in Strasbourg.
📺 Watch live: tinyurl.com/yy5axn4c
➡️ Meet the finalists daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025/
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #PressFreedom
October 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🕯️ Today, 21 Oct, @europarl.europa.eu honours Daphne Caruana Galizia with the 2025 #DCGPrize for Journalism.
📢 The winner will be announced at 18:00 CET in Strasbourg.
📺 Watch live: tinyurl.com/yy5axn4c
➡️ Meet the finalists daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025/
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #PressFreedom
📢 The winner will be announced at 18:00 CET in Strasbourg.
📺 Watch live: tinyurl.com/yy5axn4c
➡️ Meet the finalists daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025/
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #PressFreedom
👏👏👏Congratulations @occrp.org @timesofmalta.bsky.social and our very own @amphora.media on winning the 2025 IGM Crime and Legal Affairs award.
🔎 Read the investigation "Inside the Maksar Money Web: How The Agius Brothers Moved Millions Despite Asset Freezes"
👉 amphora.media/2025/06/maks...
🔎 Read the investigation "Inside the Maksar Money Web: How The Agius Brothers Moved Millions Despite Asset Freezes"
👉 amphora.media/2025/06/maks...
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
👏👏👏Congratulations @occrp.org @timesofmalta.bsky.social and our very own @amphora.media on winning the 2025 IGM Crime and Legal Affairs award.
🔎 Read the investigation "Inside the Maksar Money Web: How The Agius Brothers Moved Millions Despite Asset Freezes"
👉 amphora.media/2025/06/maks...
🔎 Read the investigation "Inside the Maksar Money Web: How The Agius Brothers Moved Millions Despite Asset Freezes"
👉 amphora.media/2025/06/maks...
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⚫ 8 years since Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated for her journalism.
Her fight for truth lives on, but so does the threat of SLAPPs, used to silence reporters across Europe.
We continue to work with the @daphne.foundation to #StopSLAPPs and protect press freedom.
#JusticeForDaphne
Her fight for truth lives on, but so does the threat of SLAPPs, used to silence reporters across Europe.
We continue to work with the @daphne.foundation to #StopSLAPPs and protect press freedom.
#JusticeForDaphne
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
⚫ 8 years since Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated for her journalism.
Her fight for truth lives on, but so does the threat of SLAPPs, used to silence reporters across Europe.
We continue to work with the @daphne.foundation to #StopSLAPPs and protect press freedom.
#JusticeForDaphne
Her fight for truth lives on, but so does the threat of SLAPPs, used to silence reporters across Europe.
We continue to work with the @daphne.foundation to #StopSLAPPs and protect press freedom.
#JusticeForDaphne
Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated 8 years ago today.
Malta must confront its failure: ensure her killers face full justice, & reform the broken systems that enabled her murder.
Nothing can bring her back, but Malta must change to honour her life and legacy.
Malta must confront its failure: ensure her killers face full justice, & reform the broken systems that enabled her murder.
Nothing can bring her back, but Malta must change to honour her life and legacy.
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated 8 years ago today.
Malta must confront its failure: ensure her killers face full justice, & reform the broken systems that enabled her murder.
Nothing can bring her back, but Malta must change to honour her life and legacy.
Malta must confront its failure: ensure her killers face full justice, & reform the broken systems that enabled her murder.
Nothing can bring her back, but Malta must change to honour her life and legacy.
Reposted by The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
Some 17 press freedom and journalists' organisations are calling on Malta to set up a national action plan on media freedom and journalist safety on the eye of the eighth anniversary of the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia cpj.org/2025/10/call...
Call to action in memory of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia - Committee to Protect Journalists
On the eve of the anniversary of the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, CPJ joins 17 press freedom and journalists’ organizations to call on Malta to set up a national…
cpj.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Some 17 press freedom and journalists' organisations are calling on Malta to set up a national action plan on media freedom and journalist safety on the eye of the eighth anniversary of the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia cpj.org/2025/10/call...
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#Malta: In memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia, press freedom and journalists’ groups call on authorities to adopt a National Action Plan on Media Freedom and Journalist Safety.
Read more ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/malta-i...
Read more ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/malta-i...
Malta: In Memory of Daphne. Media reform public consultations must lead to National Action Plan — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
15 October 2025: On the eve of the anniversary of the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, press freedom and journalists’ groups are calling on the national authorities...
www.pen-international.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#Malta: In memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia, press freedom and journalists’ groups call on authorities to adopt a National Action Plan on Media Freedom and Journalist Safety.
Read more ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/malta-i...
Read more ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/malta-i...
📢 We joined @pressfreedom.bsky.social + 15 orgs urging 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇨🇿 to:
🛑 support suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement
🚑 demand urgent aid access for journalists in Gaza
🚫 end the blockade on foreign press
⚖️ push for independent investigations into journalist deaths.
#Gaza #EU #PressFreedom
🛑 support suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement
🚑 demand urgent aid access for journalists in Gaza
🚫 end the blockade on foreign press
⚖️ push for independent investigations into journalist deaths.
#Gaza #EU #PressFreedom
September 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
📢 We joined @pressfreedom.bsky.social + 15 orgs urging 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇨🇿 to:
🛑 support suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement
🚑 demand urgent aid access for journalists in Gaza
🚫 end the blockade on foreign press
⚖️ push for independent investigations into journalist deaths.
#Gaza #EU #PressFreedom
🛑 support suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement
🚑 demand urgent aid access for journalists in Gaza
🚫 end the blockade on foreign press
⚖️ push for independent investigations into journalist deaths.
#Gaza #EU #PressFreedom
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🇲🇹#Malta: IPI calls for the request for a reduced sentence for George Degiorgio, who jointly planted the car bomb that killed journalist #DaphneCaruanaGalizia, to be firmly rejected. His 40-year sentence is already less than the life sentence he deserves.
buff.ly/FPzNVyF
buff.ly/FPzNVyF
George Degiorgio seeks pardon to expose ‘prominent people’ in cold cases
Degiorgio also wants his 40-year term for murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia reduced to 15
timesofmalta.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“George Degiorgio’s 40-year sentence is already less than the life sentence he deserves”
Thank you @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
Thank you @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
🇲🇹#Malta: IPI calls for the request for a reduced sentence for George Degiorgio, who jointly planted the car bomb that killed journalist #DaphneCaruanaGalizia, to be firmly rejected. His 40-year sentence is already less than the life sentence he deserves.
buff.ly/FPzNVyF
buff.ly/FPzNVyF
George Degiorgio seeks pardon to expose ‘prominent people’ in cold cases
Degiorgio also wants his 40-year term for murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia reduced to 15
timesofmalta.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“George Degiorgio’s 40-year sentence is already less than the life sentence he deserves”
Thank you @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
Thank you @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
Malta has partially adopted European anti-SLAPP rules. Its law protects only cross-border cases, leaving most domestic SLAPPs unprotected. The European Anti-SLAPP Monitor, launched today, tracks this progress across Europe. #SLAPPs #DaphnesLaw
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Malta has partially adopted European anti-SLAPP rules. Its law protects only cross-border cases, leaving most domestic SLAPPs unprotected. The European Anti-SLAPP Monitor, launched today, tracks this progress across Europe. #SLAPPs #DaphnesLaw
🖐️ It's a SLAPP!
🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
#StopSLAPPs
🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
#StopSLAPPs
September 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
daphne.foundation
It’s a mundane Tuesday for many, but it’s Daphne’s birthday - a reminder to continue fighting for justice and pushing for change, today and every day.
📸 Pippa Zammit Cutajar
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #TruthandJustice
It’s a mundane Tuesday for many, but it’s Daphne’s birthday - a reminder to continue fighting for justice and pushing for change, today and every day.
📸 Pippa Zammit Cutajar
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #TruthandJustice
August 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
daphne.foundation
It’s a mundane Tuesday for many, but it’s Daphne’s birthday - a reminder to continue fighting for justice and pushing for change, today and every day.
📸 Pippa Zammit Cutajar
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #TruthandJustice
It’s a mundane Tuesday for many, but it’s Daphne’s birthday - a reminder to continue fighting for justice and pushing for change, today and every day.
📸 Pippa Zammit Cutajar
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #TruthandJustice
On behalf of the #WPPh2025 Contest winners:
We denounce the deliberate targeting, killing, and starvation of our fellow journalists in Gaza. We refuse to stand by while our colleagues are starved, bombed, and silenced.
We denounce the deliberate targeting, killing, and starvation of our fellow journalists in Gaza. We refuse to stand by while our colleagues are starved, bombed, and silenced.
August 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM