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Friday, 22 October 2021
** Daphne Caruana Galizia: Four years on from her murder, Malta must be held to account
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Last week, Index on Censorship editor Martin Bright joined the Maltese community, Reporters without Borders, PEN International and others to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Read the powerful speech ([link removed]) made by the family's lawyer on the occasion.
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** Sir David Amess
26 March 1952 - 15 October 2021
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Illustration: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire/PA Images
The abuse and intimidation of our elected representatives is unacceptable. Things have to change. Our democracy is precious and we need to cherish it and defend it, says our CEO Ruth Smeeth ([link removed]) .
[link removed] on Censorship has joined with other organisations in expressing concern over the ongoing extradition proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Our call comes in light of a recent story in Yahoo News describing alarming discussions within the CIA and Trump administration before the indictment against Assange was filed. Read our joint letter to the US Attorney General ([link removed]) .
** The problem of censorship is part of larger ones about the use and abuse of freedom
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[link removed] 15 October 1971, in the depths of the Cold War, the feted British poet Stephen Spender wrote an impassioned appeal for the Times Literary Supplement ([link removed]) in which he highlighted the threat of a world without creativity or impartial news as repressive regimes sought to silence dissent.
Writers, academics, journalists and artists were subject to state sanctioned persecution on a daily basis, threatened, arrested and in too many cases murdered as authoritarian leaders moved against their citizens. Watching was no longer enough, letters to the Times and statements of solidarity were no longer sufficient for Spender and a group of his contemporaries.
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