Malta Journalist Memorial Anniversary

Malta on Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the car bomb slaying of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, with calls for justice and praise for the courage of a woman whose death shocked Europe and exposed a culture of impunity on the Mediterranean island nation.

Over 1,000 Maltese residents joined Caruana Galizia’s relatives, activists and the Maltese president of the European Parliament in a nighttime march and vigil at a makeshift memorial opposite Valletta’s law courts.

EU Parliament president Roberta Metsola, told the Associated Press they were gathering to commemorate the journalist, saying she had been "seeking justice and making sure that politicians and everybody in positions of power are held accountable for their actions, their words, their deeds."