VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Activists held a silent vigil for assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during Malta’s Victory Day commemorations in Valletta on Monday evening.
Dozens gathered near the Courts, holding large printed photographs of Caruana Galizia as official ceremonies took place nearby.
The Victory Day ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Robert Abela, Speaker Carmelo Abela and Deputy Opposition Leader Alex Perici Calascione, among other senior officials.
Activists displayed photographs bearing messages including “Justice for Daphne” and reminded those attending the ceremony of her assassination.
The protest was held in front of the Courts, symbolising activists’ continued demand for justice. The memorial to Caruana Galizia, maintained by pressure group Occupy Justice, had been cleared for the Victory Day celebrations. At the end of the official ceremony, demonstrators began chanting “justice, justice” as Abela and other dignitaries left the area.
The vigil came days after Yorgen Fenech was acquitted of masterminding Caruana Galizia’s murder. Fenech was found not guilty by eight votes to one on charges of complicity in her wilful homicide and association with others to commit a crime.
Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist, was killed by a car bomb outside her home in Bidnija on October 16, 2017.
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